About Nurtura Connect Ltd
Specialist Social-Work-Led Recruitment and Workforce Support
Built on Experience. Driven by People.
At Nurtura Connect Ltd, we believe that supporting children’s services is about far more than filling vacancies. It is about building trusted relationships, understanding the pressures faced by local authorities, services, families and professionals, and providing support that is thoughtful, dependable, safe and values-led.
Based in Plymouth, Nurtura Connect Ltd is a family-founded, social-work-led organisation with a strong commitment to quality, integrity and care. The company is led by professionals with extensive experience in children’s services — including frontline practice, family support, safeguarding, statutory social work, supervision and service leadership. This experience gives us a clear understanding of what high-quality support looks like in practice, particularly when services are under pressure.
We created Nurtura Connect in response to the growing challenges facing children’s social care and the increasing pressures experienced by frontline teams across the sector. Local authorities are often required to respond to urgent staffing gaps, rising demand, crisis situations and complex family need while continuing to keep children safe and support their permanent workforce. We understand how difficult this can be.
Our Vision
Our vision is to provide flexible, high-quality, social-work-led support services that work alongside local authorities to reduce pressure, improve stability and support positive outcomes for children and families.
As experienced former local authority practitioners and leaders, we understand the realities of frontline practice, workforce pressures and the importance of responsive, trusted partnerships. Our model is designed to provide practical support where it is needed most, while promoting continuity, collaboration and relationship-based practice.
We believe that children and families deserve consistent, compassionate and skilled support, and that permanent practitioners deserve additional capacity that supports rather than undermines them.
Our ethos is simple: people matter.
As a family-founded business, we have built Nurtura Connect Ltd on the belief that strong outcomes come from strong relationships. We value honesty, responsiveness, professionalism and compassion in every aspect of our work. We believe the best outcomes are achieved when people feel listened to, respected and properly understood.
How We Work
Safe
Safeguarding-focused, safer recruitment standards, clear escalation
Responsive
Flexible support shaped around urgent need and local authority priorities
Professional
Reliable, accountable practitioners who understand professional conduct
Collaborative
Works alongside local authorities and respects statutory roles
People-First
Values-led culture rooted in dignity, compassion and trust
Quality-Focused
Thoughtful matching, purposeful intervention, clear oversight
Our Commitment
At Nurtura Connect Ltd, we want to be known as more than a recruitment provider. We aim to be a trusted partner to the local authorities, services, professionals, children and families we support.
From our Plymouth base, we are proud to offer a service that reflects our values, our professional experience and our commitment to quality. Our goal is to connect excellent people with meaningful opportunities, while also providing practical, social-work-led support that helps services respond safely and effectively during periods of pressure.
We are committed to supporting local authorities to manage crisis staffing issues, protect children’s safety, strengthen service stability and support the permanent staff who continue to deliver essential work every day.