Health & social care staffing, Essex & Suffolk
Nerada supplies vetted, compliant Care Assistants, Healthcare Assistants and Support Workers to care homes, supported living and specialist services across Essex and Suffolk — often within hours, not days.
For care providers
Vetted, compliant Care Assistants, HCAs and Support Workers for care homes, supported living and specialist services across Essex and Suffolk.
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For care workers
We're recruiting Care Assistants, Healthcare Assistants and Support Workers. We guide you through compliance and match you to shifts near you.
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The problem
Sickness, a no-show, a last-minute leave request — one person short on the rota, and you're the one carrying the risk: thin cover, a safeguarding gap, a question you don't want to answer at inspection.
Most agencies treat that call as tomorrow's problem. We don't.
Why Nerada
We won't fill a shift with someone we haven't properly vetted just to hit a number. Four things we don't compromise on.
Workers who commit to a shift work it. No-shows and late cancellations are tracked and managed hard, not shrugged off.
Need cover for tonight? Tell us the shift and we start matching immediately, including same-day and next-day requests. A local workforce across Essex and Suffolk is what makes short notice possible.
Every worker arrives with a completed compliance profile — DBS, right to work, references, training — checked before they're booked, not after.
The same standard on the fifth shift as the first. A named point of contact, fast replies, clear escalation if something goes wrong, and feedback after every shift.
Who we staff
Our focus is reliable Care Assistants and Support Workers for the shifts that fall through.
Need nursing cover? Ask us — we'll tell you straight whether we can help.
How it works
Call, email, or submit a request — role, dates, times, anything specific we should know.
We check our local pool for the closest available, right-skilled person for the shift.
Fully briefed, fully compliant, ready from the first minute.
Approve the timesheet. We run payroll and invoice you, so vetting and pay admin stay off your desk.
Built for a regulated sector
A completed compliance profile is checked and on file before a worker is ever booked. This is what you receive with every placement:
Certificates tracked centrally, with expiry reminders before anything lapses.
Where we cover
A dense local workforce is the reason short-notice cover works. These are the clusters we staff today.
Plus the surrounding Essex and Suffolk areas. Don't see your location listed? Ask — the coverage cluster grows as demand does.
No long-term commitment required
You don't have to drop your current agency to work with us. Get approved as a supplier, give us one shift, and judge us on how we deliver. No exclusivity, no minimum volume.
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Fill in the form or call directly — whichever gets you an answer faster.
Urgent shift tonight? Call. The phone is the fastest route for same-day cover.
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We're recruiting Care Assistants, Healthcare Assistants and Support Workers across Essex and Suffolk, including learning disability and autism support.
