Compassion First
We staff care homes because we believe in dignity for the people who live in them. Every placement starts from that belief.
About Barking Healthcare
A care-home staffing partner built by people who have worked the floor.
We are a specialist staffing agency for UK care homes, based in Aveley, Essex. We work with independent care homes, regional groups, and multi-site operators across the United Kingdom. We do one thing, and we try to do it better than anyone else.
Our Story
A new agency built around UK care homes.
Barking Healthcare was set up after watching too many agency-supplied nurses walk into care homes underprepared, and too many care home managers absorb the consequences. The premise is simple: focus exclusively on care homes, treat every nurse and HCA on the books as a long-term colleague rather than a temp, and never place anyone we would not want caring for our own family.
We are a new agency. We are not promising a long client list or polished statistics yet — we are promising honest vetting, a small and consistent pool of staff, and a real person at the end of the phone, day or night. That is the foundation we are building on, one shift at a time.
If you are a care home looking for a staffing partner who will know your residents by name, or a clinician looking for an agency that actually picks up the phone, you are in the right place.
What we stand for
Three values, applied every shift.
We hire for them, we promote for them, and we let people go for them. These are not poster-on-the-wall values — they are the only ones we have.
Vetting Without Shortcuts
Every check, every record, every renewal — done before placement, not after. We will not send anyone we would not want caring for our own family.
Continuity of Care
We aim to build small, regular teams around each home. Residents should see faces they recognise — not a rotating cast of strangers.
How we vet staff
What we check before anyone is placed.
These are the baseline checks we complete on every nurse, HCA, and support worker before they walk into one of your shifts. No corners cut, no shortcuts.
Enhanced DBS check
Within the last 12 months
Two professional references
Verified by our team
Right-to-work documentation
Original documents reviewed
NMC PIN (for nurses)
Verified against the live register
Care Certificate (for HCAs)
Sign-off confirmed
Mandatory training
BLS, infection control, safeguarding
Want to work with a team that takes care homes seriously?
Talk to an account manager directly — no portals, no holding queues.