ABOUT US
Temporary staffing, built
by people who’ve been on
the other side of the table.
We’ve spent years in healthcare recruitment and running complex care services. We’ve been the provider trying to cover a shift at 7am. We know what a good agency is worth in that moment, and what a bad one costs. So we built Sentra Care Staffing around what providers actually need.
HOW WE’RE DIFFERENT
Built for care at home, not adapted for it.
Most staffing agencies started out supplying the NHS and added homecare later. We did it the other way round. Sentra was built around complex and community care from day one: supporting people in their own homes, where continuity, trust and the right person at the door matter most.
WHAT’S AT STAKE
An empty shift is never just an empty shift.
When a shift goes uncovered, someone feels it. A family member steps in. Your permanent team stretches a bit further. Revenue slips. And the person you support loses something that holds their day together. That’s what we’re here to prevent. Not by sending whoever’s free, but by finding someone who’s right for the home they’re walking into.
OUR APPROACH
Compliant is the starting point, not the finish line.
Someone can have every check, certificate and training course and still be wrong for a particular client. Before we put anyone forward, we want to understand the reality: the person’s needs, how they communicate, the experience required, the family and the home. Even the small stuff, like pets and routines, because in someone’s home the small stuff is the big stuff. We call it client-led staffing.
Understand the client. Match the person. Protect the continuity.
OUR STANDARD
Temporary doesn’t mean second best.
● Temporary describes how someone is employed, not the standard of care they give.
● We hold our workers to the standard you’d expect from your own team, and won’t put forward anyone unsuitable or non-compliant just to fill a gap.
● Our vetting is built around where people will actually work, with separate pathways for physical disability and complex care, and for mental health and learning disability.
● We don’t place and forget. Supervision, appraisals and ongoing compliance keep our workers supported.
COMMUNICATION
You’ll always know where you stand.
● The biggest complaint we hear about agencies? They go quiet.
● When you tell us you need someone urgently, we treat it as urgent.
● We confirm we’ve got your request, get moving straight away and keep you updated as we go.
● If we can’t find the right person, we’ll tell you, so you can plan.
WHEN THINGS GO WRONG
We don’t hide.
● You’re the registered provider, and we’d never take that responsibility away from you.
● If there’s a concern about someone we’ve supplied, you’ll hear it from us first.
● We share what we know, work through it with you and make decisions quickly.
● So the person you support is protected and the same problem doesn’t turn up somewhere else.
WHO’S BEHIND IT
The people behind Sentra.
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DANNY BLAKE
CO-FOUNDER
12+ years of leadership experience across healthcare recruitment and social care operations, from scaling a £50 million recruitment business to serving as COO of a high-growth homecare provider.
Danny has worked at the intersection of workforce strategy and service delivery. With a rare blend of operational experience and operational acumen, he understands the real world challenges providers face from staffing shortfalls, compliance, cultural alignment, and sustainable growth. At Sentra Care, he leads with a consultative, partner-first approach, helping clients build teams that reflect their mission and support long-term success. His goal: raise the standard of recruitment in Health & Social Care through solutions that create lasting impact.
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LUKE BUCKMASTER
CO-FOUNDER
Over a decade of specialised experience in healthcare recruitment, with deep expertise in complex care, case management, neuro-rehabilitation, and supported living.
Luke has built a strong reputation for delivering strategic hiring solutions that go beyond just filling roles. Known for his hands-on approach, vast network of healthcare professionals, and insight into operational structures, he supports clients across the UK with talent attraction, workforce planning, and service development along with helping providers grow with confidence and impact.
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CHARLIE ELDER
TEMPORARY STAFFING DIRECTOR
Runs the temporary division and is your direct point of contact for bookings, rota cover and worker queries. Over eight years in healthcare staffing, with hands-on experience of working directly with a complex care client herself.
She was team leader for a young woman with cerebral palsy who was quadriplegic, non verbal and PEG fed, and she stayed with that family through the transition from children’s services into adult services. The condition was never going to improve, but the trust she built meant the family could genuinely step back while Charlie led the clinical side, the physio, the PEG feeding and the medication. The team she built around that client was strong enough that the young woman could get out into the community properly, take holidays and have a real social life, and the family got a break. That is the standard Charlie recruits to.
“We’ve needed someone urgently. We’ve lived with the fallout of a poor staffing decision. That’s why we’ll never treat the person receiving care as just another shift.”
Agencies have a reputation. We’d like to change it.
Too much temporary staffing has become transactional: fill the shift, send the invoice, move on. We want to be the partner you trust, not the agency you call because you’ve run out of options. One that understands your service, tells you the truth about what we can deliver, and thinks hard about whether the person we send is right.