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Elderly Care recruitment, working to support people in the UK to age well and keep healthy.

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Nursing Home

Nursing homes provide round-the-clock care provided by registered nurses.

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Care at Home

Care at home offers a range of services designed to support individuals in their own home.

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Residential Care homes

Residential Care homes provide long-term support within a care home setting.

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Retirement Living

Retirement living refers to residential communities designed for older adults able to care for themselves.

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Corporate Services

Elderly Care Corporate Services recruitment for providers dedicated to residential care, nursing care, homecare, and retirement living across the senior living sector.

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Salary benchmarking

Analysing the salaries paid to elderly care professionals across a range of functional areas of expertise, the data addresses regional variations, provider ownership, and size of providers, with commentary from Compass Associates’ Divisional Director for UK elderly care, Tom Berrisford.

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How much are elderly care managers being paid in 2026?

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The elderly care recruitment team at Compass Associates is our most established division – launching the same year we were founded.

In this time, the team have supported residential care, nursing home, retirement living, and domiciliary care providers across the full breadth of the senior living space, placing more than 2,500 registered managers into new jobs along the way.

If you work in the elderly care sector and are interested in seeing how much management packages are paying professionals in 2026, then access the salary benchmarking report below.

Elderly Care Salary Guide Looking to hire?

Find out how we helped others

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Interim Director of Care & Support secured for Housing Association

Compass Associates’ interim practice were engaged by a Housing Association who had an urgent requirement for an Interim Director of Care & Support.

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Regional Operations Director appointed for privately owned Residential Care provider

Compass Associates supported the search in placing a Regional Director for a residential care provider as part of a critical hire for the business.

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CEO placed with Elderly Care charity provider

Compass Associates were mandated by an Elderly Care Charity, to run an urgent search to secure a Chief Executive Officer for the organisation.

Excellent communication skills, did a wonderful job! Very grateful 🙂

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I cannot recommend Carina highly enough! She approached me with a fantastic job opportunity and supported me through every single stage of the hiring process until I successfully secured the role.
Carina’s communication throughout was exceptional. She updated me every step of the way, ensuring I was never left wondering what was next. She is incredibly supportive, amazing at what she does, and truly goes above and beyond for her candidates. If you get the chance to work with her, you are in great hands!

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Hiba Mohamed

Had a great experience with Compass through initial contact for a c-suite role in healthcare through to my appointment. I dealt with Tim Fitch who was excellent in terms of negotiating on my behalf and overall communication. I highly recommend Compass Associates.

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Suzanne Corcoran

I’ve worked with Harriet Bradbury. She has been fantastic!! From start to finish she has been able to explain the process and prepare me for the interview. I would recommend her and this company!

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Hannah Larner

Kane has been brilliant throughout the whole process. He has been very quick to communicate information and always got back to me promptly with any questions or follow-ups. I have really appreciated his understanding of what I was looking for in my next role, together with my requirements and expectations. His support and guidance throughout the process was very professional, and I always felt well supported. I would definitely recommend Kane to anyone looking for the next step in their career.

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Sarah Ambrose

Jon was really helpful from start to finish and checking in after I started! He ensured that he had all the right information, provided me with assurance and knowledge and kept in touch throughout.
Thanks Jon, I really appreciate you!

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Allie Carr

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Elderly Care recruitment, working to support people in the UK to age well and keep healthy.

How much are elderly care managers being paid in 2026?

Find out how we helped others

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