A specialist partner for supported housing and social care recruitment and training.
Founded on over 20 years of sector experience, YLG exists to connect the right people to the right roles — and to build the skills that make supported housing safer and more effective.
Focused on people, compliance, and community support.
Yvonne Lewis Group was founded after years of watching supported housing providers struggle to find staff who truly understood the sector.
We built YLG to fix that. To be the recruiter that knows supported housing from the inside — that understands what makes a great support worker, what a registered manager needs from a new placement, and why the right training is as important as the right CV.
Today, YLG works with housing associations, charities, local authority providers, and private operators across England and Wales — placing frontline workers, building training programmes, and supporting candidates at every stage of their supported housing and social care career.
What shapes every decision we make.
Quality
We would rather take longer to fill a role than place someone who isn't right. Staffing decisions in supported housing affect vulnerable people — they deserve to be made carefully.
Compliance
DBS checks, right-to-work, references, training verification — compliance is never an afterthought at YLG. It's the first thing we build into every placement process.
Respect
Every candidate is treated as a professional. Every client enquiry is handled with care. And the residents at the centre of supported housing are never forgotten in a transaction.
Reliability
We respond quickly, follow through on commitments, and stay in contact throughout every placement. Providers and candidates should never feel left in the dark.
YLG in 2026.
The people behind YLG.
Irene
CEO
20+ years in supported housing recruitment and workforce development. Passionate about improving the quality and compliance of frontline support teams across the UK.
Chantelle
Head of Recruitment
Former housing support manager with 8 years' experience placing candidates in mental health, learning disability, and recovery services across the Midlands and North.
Caleb
Training Lead
Qualified trainer and former team leader in floating support. Designs and delivers all YLG CPD courses, with particular expertise in safeguarding and professional boundaries.
Over 20 years of specialist supported housing and social care recruitment.
From a single founder with a vision to a national workforce partner — every stage of YLG's growth has stayed rooted in the same standard of specialist, sector-trained recruitment.
YLG is founded
YLG was founded with a vision to provide specialist recruitment, compliance, and training for the supported housing sector.
Expanding training and development
Expanded candidate training and development, helping professionals gain the skills and accredited qualifications needed to build successful careers in supported housing.
Into children's services and local authorities
Expanded into children's services and local authority recruitment, broadening our expertise across the social care sector.
Strengthening compliance and quality
Strengthened our compliance and quality assurance processes, ensuring the highest standards for both clients and candidates.
Growing across social care
Grew our recruitment services across supported housing, homelessness, mental health, domestic abuse, and wider social care services.
Launching accredited training
Launched our dedicated accredited training division, making professional development and mandatory training more accessible to candidates and employers.
YLG Tempo launches
Introduced YLG Tempo, our workforce management platform, providing smarter scheduling, compliance management, and workforce solutions for recruitment and social care organisations.
20+ years strong
Celebrating over 20 years of supporting the supported housing and social care sectors through specialist recruitment, training, compliance, and workforce solutions across the UK.
Organisations YLG works with.
Want to work with YLG?
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