Healthcare assistant recruitment · Barry

Healthcare assistant recruitment agency in Barry.

We supply vetted healthcare assistants and support workers to private hospitals, nursing and residential care homes, mental health and rehabilitation services, and to NHS Wales health boards such as Cardiff and Vale University Health Board at University Hospital Llandough, across Barry and the Vale of Glamorgan, including Penarth, Cowbridge and Dinas Powys. Welsh-speaking and bilingual candidates available where your service requires it. One enquiry, locally-matched candidates, and full compliance handled by us.

Healthcare assistants for Barry employers

From a single shift to an entire rota, we place HCAs and support workers into private hospitals, nursing and residential care homes, mental health and rehabilitation units, NHS Wales health boards including Cardiff and Vale University Health Board at University Hospital Llandough, and community settings across Barry and the Vale of Glamorgan. Tell us the roles, the setting and the start date — we shortlist compliant, locally-based staff and handle the paperwork so cover arrives ready to work.

Roles we cover

  • Ward, theatre, A&E and outpatient HCAs
  • Care-home, nursing-home and complex-care assistants
  • Mental health, rehabilitation and recovery support
  • Days, nights, weekends, bank and ad-hoc cover
  • Care Certificate holders and experienced HCAs

Compliance you can stand behind

Every HCA we supply is fully vetted before they reach you, to the standards private hospitals, care providers and NHS Wales buyers expect. You stay in control — you review and approve every candidate before they start.

Built into every placement

  • Enhanced DBS and right-to-work checks
  • Care Certificate and mandatory training confirmed
  • References and full employment history
  • Manual-handling and occupational-health clearance

National framework approvals

Framework-approved, public-sector ready

We hold places on national public-sector staffing frameworks and supply to the vetting and compliance standards used by NHS, Health & Social Care, university and public-sector buyers.

Agency Workers — Medical & Dental (Lots 1 & 2)NHS / HSC Northern Ireland · FY1 to Consultant · all five HSC Trusts
Agency Nursing ServicesNHS Wales (NWSSP) · nurses, midwives, HCAs & ODPs
Recruitment Services frameworkSUPC · non-specialist, IT & commercial roles
Specialist Social Care, Education & CommunityConnect2 framework (Commercial Services Kent) · interim & temporary staffing
Professional & Operational SupportConnect2 framework · interim & temporary agency staff
Legal Services & SupportConnect2 framework · public-sector legal staffing
Agency Workers — Medical & Dental (Lots 1 & 2)NHS / HSC Northern Ireland · FY1 to Consultant · all five HSC Trusts
Agency Nursing ServicesNHS Wales (NWSSP) · nurses, midwives, HCAs & ODPs
Recruitment Services frameworkSUPC · non-specialist, IT & commercial roles
Specialist Social Care, Education & CommunityConnect2 framework (Commercial Services Kent) · interim & temporary staffing
Professional & Operational SupportConnect2 framework · interim & temporary agency staff
Legal Services & SupportConnect2 framework · public-sector legal staffing

Also approved on local-authority temporary-staffing DPS arrangements, including Halton, Dorset and Luton.

Every placement is backed by enhanced DBS and right-to-work checks, references and full compliance documentation. The company is registered with the ICO.

Barry, Vale of Glamorgan

Healthcare assistants in Barry: the local picture

Vale of Glamorgan Council commissions adult social care for Barry and the surrounding area. Hospital care comes from Cardiff and Vale University Health Board. The main hospitals serving Barry are University Hospital Llandough and University Hospital of Wales.

What healthcare assistants need to work here

In Wales, care workers in home care and adult care homes must be registered with Social Care Wales, and we confirm that registration alongside right to work, an enhanced DBS check with the barred list check where the role needs it and references.

Who inspects services in Wales

Care and health services in Barry are inspected by Care Inspectorate Wales, with Healthcare Inspectorate Wales covering NHS services. Each placement comes with the compliance file a provider needs to show its staffing checks at inspection.

Live healthcare assistant jobs near Barry

Our current rates for healthcare assistants are £13 to £15 an hour, depending on the setting, shift pattern and experience.

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Need healthcare assistants in Barry?

Tell us the roles and the setting, whether for a care home, a private hospital, a rehab unit or an NHS ward. We’ll match vetted, compliant HCAs across Barry and the Vale of Glamorgan — or talk it through with us first.