Care team coordinating an urgent shift cover request

Coverage model

Day, night, and live-in — matched to the home, not a spreadsheet row.

We work with single-site independents and small groups. Tell us the competencies you need, the residents you support, and the handover style your team prefers — we will only propose people who fit.

Ireland

Only Irish agency

specialist care-home staffing

24 / 7

Desk always on

nights, weekends & bank holidays

3 roles

Nurses · HCAs · Chefs

every care home gap

Same day

Response

sick cover & urgent gaps

Shift patterns

Most homes ask for a blend of planned cover and short-notice fill-ins. Below is how we usually contract — exact terms are agreed per home and logged in our CRM so both sides share one version of the truth.

  1. 1

    Day cover

    Full or partial shifts aligned to your medication rounds, activities, and meal service. Handover windows agreed up front.

  2. 2

    Night cover

    Sleep-in or waking night patterns, with clarity on supervisory responsibilities and who holds the clinical brief.

  3. 3

    Live-in blocks

    For rural homes or sustained gaps, we can structure multi-day live-in support with explicit rest breaks and escalation lines.

Clinical & care leadership

Senior carers and nurses who can deputise for short periods, support audits, or cover supernumerary shifts while you recruit permanently.

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Domestic & lifestyle support

Where the gap is not clinical but still safety-critical — keeping lounges calm, supporting mealtimes, and freeing trained staff for care tasks.

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Send us this week’s pinch points — we will map bench availability.

A short description of roles, times, and any must-have training is enough to start. We reply with names, not brochures.

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