Hiring staffFor agencies
Hiring staffFor agencies

Jobs by profession

Compass Associates

Healthcare recruitment agency · Portsmouth · trading 16 years

Top 25 overallTop 10 in social careTop 10 in pharmacyTop 10 in dental

Overview

Compass Associates is ranked in the Top 25 of the 484 UK healthcare agencies we test, and in the Top 10 of the 224 social care agencies we rank. Compass Associates supplies non-clinical staff, social care staff and allied health professionals to private providers, care homes, home care and hospitals, for permanent and interim work.

Strengths

  • Trading for longer than most
  • Advertises more jobs than most
  • Covers more social care specialties than most

Weaker areas

  • On fewer public sector frameworks than most

Compared with the 224 social care agencies we rank, on the same published facts. How we rank

See reviews on Google Maps ↗All Compass Associates listings on Google Maps ↗

From Google, shown as Google displays it. It isn't part of our ranking.

How we know: Compass Associates

In its own words, from its website. We check every quote against the page it came from; where its pages disagree, both are shown.

What it says it covers

Settings
  • Private / independent sector Our specialist recruitment team partners with elderly care providers their page · on 7 of its pages
  • Care home / nursing home recruitment for providers dedicated to residential care, nursing care, homecare, and retirement living their page · on 5 of its pages
  • Home care / domiciliary recruitment for providers dedicated to residential care, nursing care, homecare, and retirement living their page · on 4 of its pages
  • Hospital Surgical Hospitals their page · on 3 of its pages
  • Community Senior Consultant – Primary, Community, Secondary Care (South) their page · on 2 of its pages
Show 4 more
  • Primary care Senior Consultant – Primary, Community, Secondary Care (South) their page · on 2 of its pages
  • Children's home children’s residential care their page
  • Mental health hospital advising on critical hires across mental health hospitals, complex care at home, adult social care, children’s residential care their page
  • Ward / inpatient Typically, this is within community and inpatient settings their page
Services
  • Permanent recruitment deliver permanent clinical, non-clinical, management and senior management placements their page · on 3 of its pages
  • Interim & executive search Interim HR Advisor – Social Care their page
Professions
  • Healthcare non-clinical & leadership identify senior talent across HR, Marketing, Finance, and Property & Estates. their page · on 9 of its pages
  • Social care & social work specialising in roles such as Scare Coordinators, Deputy/Care Managers, Home Care/Branch/Registered Managers their page · on 7 of its pages
  • Allied health professions occupational therapists their page
Roles
  • HR & workforce identify senior talent across HR, Marketing, Finance, and Property & Estates. their page · on 5 of its pages
  • Estates & engineering identify senior talent across HR, Marketing, Finance, and Property & Estates. their page · on 4 of its pages
  • Finance identify senior talent across HR, Marketing, Finance, and Property & Estates. their page · on 4 of its pages
  • Registered manager / care home manager place General Managers across Barchester Health's residential and nursing care homes their page · on 4 of its pages
  • Service / operations manager operations and regional managers their page · on 3 of its pages
Show 5 more
  • Care coordinator / field supervisor specialising in roles such as Scare Coordinators their page
  • Deputy manager Deputy/Care Managers their page
  • Head of care / operations manager Operations Directors/Managers their page
  • Non-medical prescriber (nurse, pharmacist or AHP) successfully appointed non-medical prescriber placements their page
  • Occupational therapist registered managers, occupational therapists, operations and regional managers their page
Accreditations
  • Investors in People their page · on 2 of its pages

Rankings

Every agency is tested the same way; none can pay to rank. Exact positions only inside the overall Top 10.

Overall
Top 25 of 484
Social care
Top 10 of 224
Pharmacy
Top 10 of 40
Dental
Top 10 of 26
Doctors
Top 25 of 153
Allied health
Top 25 of 135

Social care. Compass Associates is one of the top 10 of the 224 social care agencies we tested. Its social care work covers children's residential care, complex care, home & live-in care and residential & nursing home care. By specialty: complex care Top 10, home & live-in care Top 10, residential & nursing home care Top 10. Full social care ranking →

Pharmacy. Compass Associates is one of the top 10 of the 40 pharmacy agencies we tested. Full pharmacy ranking →

Dental. Compass Associates is one of the top 10 of the 26 dental agencies we tested. Full dental ranking →

Doctors. Compass Associates is one of the top 25 of the 153 agencies for doctors we tested. Its doctors work covers general practice (gp). By specialty: general practice (gp) Top 10. Full doctors ranking →

Allied health. Compass Associates is one of the top 25 of the 135 allied health agencies we tested. Its allied health work covers physiotherapy. By specialty: physiotherapy outside the top 10. Full allied health ranking →

Jobs

124 open jobs on our site. Newest first.

See all 124 →

  1. Occupational Therapist - Specialist School

    Compass Associates · Bury

    £40,000–£56,000 a yearPermanent

    Top 25 of 135 allied health agencies we rank3 days ago

  2. Adult Care 23rd October, 2026 Area Director (Learning Disabilities) Regional Operations Manager

    Compass Associates · Nottingham

    £60,000 a yearPermanent

    3 days ago

  3. Speech and Language Therapist - Specialist School

    Compass Associates · Bury

    £40,000–£56,000 a yearPermanent

    Top 25 of 135 allied health agencies we rank3 days ago

See all 124 open jobs

Company

From Companies House, framework supplier lists and the agency's website.

Founded
30 November 2009
Staff
About 105 (2025 accounts)
Offices
Portsmouth, Manchester
Phone
023 9238 4555

Confirmed frameworks · none found

We didn’t find it on the published public sector supplier lists we check.

Company record

Company
COMPASS ASSOCIATES LIMITED
Number
07090618
Status
Active
Office
Portsmouth, PO6 3BZ

From Companies House under the Open Government Licence, checked October 2026, with published public sector framework supplier lists and the agency's website. Phone, offices and email from its website. View on Companies House ↗

Group

Part of a group owned by Compass Recruitment Solutions Limited.

For employers

Supplies private providers, care homes, home care, hospitals and community services, for permanent and interim work. What its website names. Others may be possible: ask it.

Ask Compass Associates for staff →

Company record

COMPASS ASSOCIATES LIMITED

Company number
07090618
Status
Active
Incorporated
30 November 2009 · trading 16 years
Staff
About 105 (2025 accounts)
Registered office
Portsmouth, PO6 3BZ
Group
Part of a group owned by Compass Recruitment Solutions Limited
Trades as
Compass Associates · compass-associates.com
Email
info@compassltd.co.uk

From Companies House under the Open Government Licence, checked October 2026. View on Companies House ↗

Report an error

Spotted a mistake? Report an error. We re-check the evidence and apply the same method to every agency; none can pay to rank.

Ask Compass Associates for staff

Four things, then we pass it to Compass Associates. Free; agencies can't pay to be recommended.