A dedicated live‑in presence
— not a revolving door of carers.

Our Essential care package – priced at £963/week – suits most clients. Our Enhanced plan – for those who have higher dependency – starts from £1,145/week, however each package is bespoke depending on the needs of the client.

From the point of enquiry to your care plan starting, a minimum of 1 month is required. We are able to help arrange short-term temporary care in the interim if that is required.

We are currently able to serve clients living in England and Scotland.

Our service is ideally suited to rural areas where long travel distances and limited local housing/staffing make traditional care visits unpredictable. Examples of these areas include Norfolk, Wiltshire, Dorset, Devon, East Sussex and Oxfordshire.

The key benefit of live-in care is remaining in your own home and retaining your independence within a familiar environment. For those with light to moderate care needs, live-in care also offers a more economical option compared to a residential care home.

Yes, the live-in carer will live in your home. You are required to provide a suitable spare bedroom within or near your property for their exclusive use.

Yes, our care provider partner is regulated by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) in England and the Care Inspectorate in Scotland. These bodies serve as the independent regulators for health and social care in England and Scotland respectively, ensuring that these services are safe, effective, compassionate, and of high quality.

We evaluate our carers through a multi-stage process using the “Double C” framework, which assesses both character and competence. Character encompasses an applicant’s values, personality traits, and soft skills, while Competence refers to their formal qualifications, work experience, and technical abilities.

In addition, we ensure the carer is the ideal match for you, based on their personality, skills and professional experience, for example ensuring clients with dementia are cared for by someone with the relevant experience and qualifications.

Ultimately, we only accept carers who we’d be happy to have looking after our own loved ones.

All of our carers are pre-approved by the Home Office to work in the UK. They hold formal caregiving qualifications and typically have a minimum of three years of relevant care experience.

Effective caregiving hinges on clear communication. This is why we meticulously screen all our carers for their English proficiency. Only carers with fluent, confident communication skills make it into our candidate pool.

Filipino carers are highly experienced and ideally suited for care roles. They are known for their loyalty, strong work ethic, and caring demeanour. Additionally, the Philippines ranks second in Asia (after Singapore) for English proficiency, with candidates speaking excellent, neutral-accented English, and sharing cultural similarities with Britons.

We pro-actively recruit exceptional carers from various countries, not exclusively from the Philippines.

Live-in care models typically involve multiple carers working on a rotational basis. Our “One-Carer, One-Client” model offers a more cost-effective alternative to this traditional approach. This is achieved because the carer’s primary place of residence is your home and they don’t incur living costs for a separate property.

Sufficient rest is crucial for carers to consistently provide optimal care. Days off and holiday can be scheduled at times that are convenient for you. During such times if care is required, most clients will rely on relatives or friends; sometimes clients arrange care via a local provider or carer to cover these periods.

We can accommodate requests for carers who drive, though this may extend the recruitment timeline.

No – under current legislation, it is not possible to recruit care workers from outside the UK. However we’re confident we could find you an alternative carer from our pool who will exceed your expectations.

To date, all of the carers we have placed with clients are still in the same role. This is the result of our careful carer-client matching service.

However in the unlikely event that things don’t work out between our clients and carer, then we would look to find a replacement, after identifying what went wrong the first time.

No. We are registered on the NHS Ethical Recruiters List and uphold ethical recruitment practices, never charging carers for securing a role with our clients nor any other service. This aligns with best practice guidelines for recruiters set by the United Nations and International Organization for Migration.

Care Recruitment International Limited (CRI) is a UK-based recruitment agency specialising in the ethical recruitment of live-in carers for private households in England and Scotland.

For all live-in inquiries, please contact Melvin Byres, managing director of CRI.