Inspire EHC
About Inspire EHC: Specialist SEND, Learning Disability & Mental Health Recruitment
Inspire EHC is a UK-wide specialist recruitment agency connecting skilled professionals with education and health & social care settings that support children, young people, and adults with SEND, learning disabilities, and mental health needs.
We don't operate like a generalist agency. Every candidate we place is vetted for emotional resilience, specialist knowledge, and the right values, not just qualifications. The result is better retention, fewer surprises, and more consistent support for the people who need it most.
What Makes Us Different
Generalist agencies can fill a vacancy. We match people. Before recommending any candidate, we assess your setting, understand your culture, and ensure the professional we place is genuinely right for your environment, whether that's a special school, a residential home, or a community support service.
Our 98% placement completion rate reflects that approach.
Who We Work With
We support a wide range of settings across both sectors:
Education — special schools, SEMH provisions, alternative provisions, PRUs, hospital schools, mainstream SEN units, and residential schools.
Health & Social Care — children's homes, adult residential care, supported living services, community learning disability teams, mental health services, and day services.
Ready to Work Together?
Tell us what you need and we'll find the right people, quickly, compliantly, and with the care your setting deserves.
Our Values
Inclusivity: The Foundation of Specialist Recruitment
Inclusivity means actively removing barriers so that people from all backgrounds, neurotypes, and abilities can access opportunities and feel genuinely valued, not just represented.
In recruitment, this matters on two levels. For the professionals we place, it means assessing capability fairly and creating conditions where diverse candidates can thrive. For the children and adults they support, it means ensuring the people around them reflect and respect their experiences.
Inclusivity goes beyond diversity. Diversity measures who is in the room; inclusivity determines whether they feel they belong. Settings that get this right, in schools, residential care, and community services alike, see stronger staff cohesion, lower turnover, and better outcomes for the people they support.
At Inspire EHC, inclusive practice shapes how we recruit, how we match, and how we build partnerships across education and health & social care.
Positive Outcomes: What Good Recruitment Really Looks Like
A filled vacancy isn't a positive outcome. A professional who stays, builds trust, and makes a measurable difference to the people they support, that is.
At Inspire EHC, we define success by the long-term stability of every placement and the progress of the children and adults receiving support, whether that's in a classroom, a residential home, or a community care setting.
Why Stability Matters
Vulnerable people, whether a child with autism in a specialist school or an adult with learning disabilities in supported living, rely on consistent, familiar faces to feel safe. Staff turnover disrupts that. It increases anxiety, causes behavioural regression, and places additional pressure on the whole team.
That's why we front-load our process. Before any candidate reaches you, we assess their emotional resilience, de-escalation skills, and values fit, not just their qualifications. The result is placements that last and support that's genuinely consistent.
Why It Matters
For children and adults with SEND, learning disabilities, or mental health needs, consistency isn't a nice-to-have, it's clinical. Familiar faces reduce anxiety, support emotional regulation, and allow trust to develop. Every time a staff member leaves, that progress can unravel.
Schools, residential services, and care providers that work with a retained recruitment partner see lower turnover, fewer behavioural escalations, and more stable environments for the people they support.
Kindness and Integrity: How We Work
In education and health & social care, the people being supported are often among the most vulnerable in society. That means there's no room for shortcuts, in compliance, in candidate assessment, or in how we treat the professionals we place.
Kindness and integrity aren't aspirational values for us. They're the practical standards that shape every decision we make.
Child and Service User Focused: The Heart of What We Do
Every recruitment decision we make starts with the same question: is this person right for the individual they'll be supporting?
Qualifications matter. Compliance is non-negotiable. But the professional who makes a lasting difference is the one who genuinely connects, who understands the communication style of a non-verbal child, who recognises the triggers of someone with complex trauma, who knows when to step in and when to step back.
That's what we recruit for.
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Why Choose Inspire EHC?
Our expert team is made up of SEND specialists who understand the challenges and opportunities within the sector. We work closely with each client to ensure that every placement is carefully considered and aligned with their specific needs, always keeping the needs of the service user at the forefront of our work.
Contact us today to learn how Inspire EHC can support your recruitment needs and help you build a more inclusive, supportive, and impactful team.
David Robson
Director - Specialist Recruiter
Georgina Smith
Specialist Recruiter
Jessica Ferreira
Administration Manager
Harriet Salter
Specialist Recruiter