Running a care service means making sure the right people are available at the right time.
Sometimes everything goes according to plan. Sometimes a member of staff calls in sick, annual leave creates a gap, your service becomes busier than expected, or you simply need additional people to support your existing team.
Girocare is here when you need that extra support.
We provide flexible staffing solutions to care providers looking for dependable professionals to support their services.
Whether you need one person for a single shift, several workers for a busy period, regular weekly cover or longer-term staffing support, our aim is to make finding additional staff simple, responsive and straightforward.
Every care organisation is different.
Your staffing requirements depend on your service, the people you support, your existing team and the demands you are managing at that particular time.
That is why Girocare does not believe in a one-size-fits-all approach.
We take the time to understand what you need.
Tell us the role you require, the number of people needed, the location, shift times and any important requirements relating to the assignment.
From there, we work to provide suitable available professionals who can support your team.
It could be a planned requirement several weeks away.
It could be additional weekend cover.
It could be a recurring arrangement.
Or it could simply be:
“We need somebody for tonight. Can you help?”
Whatever the situation, speak to us.
Girocare works with organisations across the care and support sector.
Flexible staffing support to help maintain safe and effective staffing levels across day, night and weekend shifts.
Whether you're managing planned absences or responding to an unexpected gap in your rota, Girocare can provide an additional source of staffing support.
Additional care staff and, where available and appropriate to the requirement, nursing professionals to complement your existing workforce.
Flexible workers to support organisations providing person-centred services within supported living environments.
Staffing support for organisations working with individuals with learning disabilities and a range of associated support needs.
Suitable staffing support for providers delivering mental-health and related support services.
If you operate within the wider care sector and require additional people, talk to us.
If we can appropriately support your staffing requirement, we will be pleased to discuss it with you.
Depending on your requirements and availability within our workforce, Girocare can help provide:
Additional healthcare and care assistants to strengthen your existing team and support day-to-day service delivery.
Flexible care staff for planned, temporary and recurring staffing requirements.
Support workers for supported living, learning disability, mental health and other appropriate care and support environments.
Experienced care professionals for assignments requiring an appropriate level of experience and responsibility.
Where required and available, appropriately registered nursing professionals for suitable nursing assignments.
Staffing requirements don't only happen Monday to Friday between nine and five.
Care continues around the clock.
That's why Girocare is designed around the realities of the sector.
We can work with providers requiring:
Additional staff to support normal daytime service delivery.
Flexible staffing support for waking nights and other appropriate overnight requirements.
Additional support when weekend rotas become difficult to fill.
Plan ahead for periods when members of your permanent team are taking annual leave.
Additional staffing options when unexpected absence affects your rota.
When circumstances change unexpectedly, contact us and we will check what staffing support may be available.
If you require agency workers regularly, we can develop an ongoing arrangement around the needs of your service.
Additional staffing while recruiting, restructuring your rota or managing a temporary increase in demand.
Even the best-planned rota can change.
A member of staff may become unavailable.
Someone may leave unexpectedly.
A service may become busier.
Annual leave may overlap.
Recruitment may take longer than expected.
Or your team may simply need additional support for a period of time.
Instead of allowing an unexpected staffing gap to become a bigger operational problem, you can contact Girocare.
Having an agency relationship already established means you have another staffing option available when circumstances change.
That's exactly what we want Girocare to become for our clients:
another dependable resource your management team can turn to when additional staffing support is needed.
We don't believe requesting agency staff should involve unnecessary complication.
Our process is straightforward.
Send us your staffing requirement, including the role, date, shift times, location, number of workers required and any relevant assignment details.
Our team checks the requirement against suitable available staff.
Where suitable staff are available, we'll provide the relevant booking information and confirm the arrangement with you.
The confirmed professional attends your service for the agreed shift or assignment.
If requirements change or you need additional support, contact Girocare again.
Simple. Clear. Responsive.
Not every agency booking needs to be an emergency.
In fact, some of the strongest staffing arrangements are planned in advance.
If you already know that you have annual leave approaching, increased staffing requirements, unfilled rota positions or another period when your team will require additional support, speak to Girocare early.
We can discuss your anticipated requirements and work with you to plan appropriate staffing support.
This can help your management team approach upcoming rota gaps with greater confidence instead of waiting until they become urgent.
Of course, care doesn't always give you advance warning.
Sometimes the phone rings and suddenly the rota has changed.
When that happens, you need a staffing partner that understands why the request matters.
Contact Girocare with the details and we will work to identify suitable available staff.
We cannot promise that every role, location and shift will always have immediate availability, but we can promise to take your request seriously and communicate with you clearly.
When time matters, communication matters too.
Some care providers only require agency staff occasionally.
Others use flexible workers as a regular part of managing their workforce.
Girocare can support both.
If your organisation has recurring requirements, we can develop a better understanding of your service over time — including the roles you commonly request, your usual shift patterns, locations and general expectations.
The relationship becomes easier because we are no longer starting from zero every time you contact us.
And where appropriate and possible, continuity can allow workers who are already familiar with a service to return for future assignments.
For providers, that can mean a more familiar and consistent agency experience.
We don't want Girocare to feel like a company you only hear from when an invoice arrives.
We want to develop genuine working relationships with the organisations we support.
Your permanent employees remain the foundation of your service.
Our role is to provide additional flexibility around that workforce.
When you don't need us, that's fine.
When you do need us, we want it to be easy to get in touch.
That is the value of having a dependable staffing partner available alongside your permanent recruitment strategy.
As Girocare grows, we want to retain something that can easily disappear in agency staffing:
the personal relationship.
We want to know our clients.
We want to understand how their services operate.
We want managers to know who they are speaking to when they contact us.
And we want feedback from the organisations we support.
If something is working particularly well, tell us.
If your requirements change, tell us.
If there is something we can improve, tell us.
Strong relationships are built through communication, and we want Girocare to become better by listening to the organisations that actually use our service.
Use Girocare when you need additional staffing support, whether occasionally or regularly.
When a staffing requirement arises, our focus is on understanding what you need and working on the request.
Access staffing support across a range of care and support roles according to your service requirements and availability.
Talk to us about future rota requirements as well as unexpected staffing gaps.
Our service is designed around the shift patterns that exist within care.
We believe providers should be kept informed rather than left wondering what is happening with their request.
As we work together, we learn more about your organisation and the type of staffing support that works for you.
You don't need to have an immediate staffing shortage to speak to us.
In fact, establishing an agency relationship before you desperately need cover can make good business sense.
Introduce your organisation to Girocare.
Tell us where you're based, the services you provide, the roles you commonly require and the type of agency support you may need.
Then, when a staffing requirement arises, we already have an established relationship.
Whether you are looking for an additional agency to complement your existing suppliers or you're considering agency staffing for the first time, we'd be happy to speak with you.
Your organisation has people to care for, a team to manage and a service to run.
When additional staffing is required, let Girocare help with the people.
From individual shifts to recurring requirements, we're ready to discuss flexible staffing arrangements built around your service.
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