Recruit the Right Childcare Professionals
Specialist recruitment for nursery, wraparound care, and sports & education settings - we find the people who'll make a real difference to your team.
Full Recruitment Solution..
Finding great childcare professionals is genuinely hard. The talent pool is competitive, the compliance requirements are high, and the wrong hire has real consequences, for your team, your Ofsted rating, and the children in your care.
We get it. And we've built everything we do around making this easier for you.
Our specialist team recruits across all levels, from delivery staff and wraparound supervisors to nursery managers, area managers, and senior leadership. We work across the full childcare sector including nursery and early years, wraparound and holiday care, and sports and education.
This isn't a CV-forwarding service.
We get to know your business, your culture, and what 'great' looks like for your team and we only put forward candidates that we both believe are excellent and fit your requirement.
Recruitment done properly takes more than posting a job and waiting. Here's exactly what we do, every step, every time.
1. Deep Dive Job Brief We start by really listening. Before we do anything, we take the time to understand your setting, your culture, and exactly what great looks like for this role not just the job spec.
2. Bespoke Recruitment Plan No two vacancies are the same. We build a tailored search strategy for every role, mapping the right candidate pools, channels, and approach before we go to market.
3. Comprehensive Candidate Sourcing We go looking. Proactive headhunting, database search, network referrals, and targeted advertising, we leave no stone unturned to find the right person, not just the available one.
4. Initial Qualification Every candidate is screened against your brief before they get anywhere near your inbox. We assess experience, qualifications, motivations, and values so only the right people get through.
5. In-Depth Consultant Interviews We interview every candidate properly, not a five-minute phone screen. We dig into their background, their approach, and how they work, so we can represent them honestly and accurately to you.
6. Candidate Presentation You receive a curated shortlist, not a pile of CVs. Each candidate comes with a detailed profile and our honest recommendation. What we think, not just what looks good on paper.
7. Interview Preparation We prepare every candidate for interview with you specifically, briefing them on your setting, your expectations, and what a great answer looks like. Better-prepared candidates make for better interviews.
8. Debriefing Both Sides After every interview, we debrief both you and the candidate properly. Honest feedback, managed carefully so the process moves forward with clarity, not ambiguity.
9. Interview Support We're with you throughout. Whether you need a second opinion, guidance on assessment, or help comparing candidates, we're available at every stage, not just at the start and end.
10. Offer Management We manage the offer process on your behalf, handling expectations, navigating negotiations where needed, and ensuring a smooth path from decision to acceptance.
11. Resignation & Notice Support Accepting an offer is just the beginning. We support candidates through their resignation and notice period, reducing the risk of counter-offers derailing a placement you've worked hard to make.
12. Post-Placement Follow-Up We check in after the placement. With you and with the candidate. Because a great hire that doesn't settle is a missed opportunity and we want to make sure it sticks.
Why compliance matters to us too
We understand what's at stake.
Every person we place works with children. That means every candidate we put forward has been fully referenced, DBS checked to the appropriate level, and qualified to the standard your setting and your Ofsted rating requires.
We don't cut corners because you can't afford us to. And in our experience, the best childcare employers don't want corners cut they want a recruiter who takes compliance as seriously as they do.
That's exactly what we are.
Our Digital Offering
In addition to our full recruitment we also offer a digital solution for roles that are perhaps part time or delivery where being exceptionally cost effective and benefitting from hitting wider market is preferred by a client.
Find out more here.
Inhouse Training
We are proud of the inhouse training options we provide and have implemented for several of our clients.
Here you can benefit from our expertise and train your people to attract and recruit better, rather than keep doing what you have always done.
Reach out to Steve for more information.
Testimonials
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I've have been had the absolute pleasure of working with Lawrence and the Love Childcare Recruitment Team since they were born!! Passionate, Enthusiastic, Professional, Hard working, results driven, realistic, pragmatic and a real desire to understand our company needs are just a few reasons I continue to work with Love Childcare Recruitment.
Craig Jones
High 5
