About Us
Compass Associates aims to exceed the expectations of our customers by providing a high-quality, professional, transparent, value-added service.
Our story
Compass Associates was founded by Mike Jeffreys, Chris Russell and Sam Leighton-Smith from our head office on the South Coast of England in early 2010.
Initially focused on the UK for-profit senior living markets, our divisions have grown to cover elderly care, healthcare, adult care, and children’s care and specialist education, seeing us find new jobs for more than 10,000 people since we first launched. Compass Associates is the largest brand operating through our parent company, Compass Recruitment Solutions
Comprising more than 60 members of the team located across the whole of the UK with offices in Portsmouth, Manchester, and London, Compass Associates has remained proactive to addressing the needs of those we support. Whether this is creating dedicated recruitment expertise in a niche industry specialism; introducing a dedicated head of customer excellence; or tailoring client recruitment services based on our NPS feedback, we listen and act.
External recognition
Award winning recruitment solutions, with recognition across the UK & US
Across our history, the name Compass Associates has become synonymous with success: the team is trusted and relied upon time and again to deliver for the markets we serve. Recognised at the industry-leading HealthInvestor and LaingBuisson Awards as Recruiter of the Year on more than eight occasions, we’re proud to make such a positive impact to so many people’s lives in the health, care and education sectors.
We are proud to have received private equity investment from Cow Corner in 2024 in recognition of the outstanding service levels, delivery, and market reputation of the group. This has enabled us to enhance our presence across the UK through hiring exceptional recruitment talent committed to providing outstanding levels of customer service; and also grow our offering into North America as we look to replicate the markets we currently serve, in the US.
Our Expertise
We are experts at what we do
Healthcare
Our Healthcare team is comprised of two dedicated teams focusing on mid to senior level management and clinical vacancies exclusively across the private acute, consumer health, digital health, diagnostics, primary care, secondary care and community markets, covering the whole of the UK.
Elderly Care
As the longest-serving and most established team at Compass Associates, our Elderly Care team supports the recruitment nationwide of senior management within residential care, homecare, retirement living, nursing and clinical services.
Adult Care
Our Adult Care team supports with the recruitment nationwide of various roles enabling people who are over the age of 18 or living with a disability, physical or mental illness to live independently – through home care, domiciliary care, day centres or residential care.
Children’s Care & Education
Our Children’s & Education team focuses on faciliating the recruitment of senior leaders within children’s residential settings, specialist education providers, fostering agencies and nurseries situated all over the UK.
Our Values
We Are Dedicated
With dedication at our core, we strive to exceed expectations and make a meaningful impact in the world of recruitment.
We Build Relationships
We are committed to nurturing and celebrating the relationships we build, ensuring that they remain central to our culture.
We Deliver Solutions
It is in our name, we take pride in our ability to provide tailored and effective solutions to our clients, candidates, and colleagues.
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