social care recruitment agency and headhunters
your next hire in social work and social care, in good hands.
We combine our data, our sector experts and our AI algorithms to find the headhunter best suited to your role, from service manager to facility director.
- no setup fees, pay on hire
- guaranteed replacement
- hire signed in under 26 days
they hire with muzzo
how do you hire for social and care work through a recruitment agency?
Charity or social care facility: Muzzo gives your facility director, head of educational services, specialist educator, social worker or management accountant roles to the headhunters who have already filled that job. They approach people in post. Fee of 5 to 30%, paid on hire. If the hire leaves within 3 months, we restart the search free.
the figures
social and care sector hiring in figures
source: France Travail, BMO 2026 survey, special-needs educators and socio-educational workers (opens a new window), 2026 data
source: France Travail, BMO 2026 survey, social action professionals (opens a new window), 2026 data
source: Apec, private-sector managerial pay in 111 job families, 2025 edition, p. 119 (psychology and social support) (opens a new window), 2025 data
how it works
you only pay if you hire
01
you describe the role
Using the form above: the role, your organisation, your sector. The rest is scoped in your first conversation with the Muzzo team.
02
the right headhunters get started
Those who have already recruited for this role, from educator to facility director.
03
you meet the profiles
Already approached and qualified. You choose who you meet.
04
you hire, then you pay
Not before. If your new hire leaves within 3 months, we restart the search at no cost.
they hired with muzzo
Muzzo's strength is the diversity of its recruiters: there is always someone listening to our needs.
With Muzzo, I get the reactivity of a marketplace and the quality of a search firm.
let's talk about your role
Antoine and the Muzzo team help you scope your role and choose the right headhunters. Describe your role in the form: we'll call you back to discuss it.
Antoine GigomasCEO and co-founder of Muzzo
one last question?
With Muzzo, you set the fee for each role, between 5 and 30%. You only pay it once the person is hired. A special-needs educator and a facility director aren't hired with the same effort: the fee follows how rare the profile is, and the Muzzo team helps you set it.
You have a double guarantee. If your new hire leaves within 3 months, we restart the search at no cost. If we find no replacement within 4 months, we refund 50% of the fees. On average, 94% of Muzzo hires are still in post after 3 months.
headhunters who know social work and social care are ready to start
A hire signed in under 26 days. You only pay when you hire.
the reality
in social work, the best people aren’t looking
social work managers are already in post
A good service manager looks after their team and the people they support. They don’t read job ads. A headhunter who knows the sector knows where they work and calls them directly.
a qualification doesn’t make a professional
Specialist educator, social worker, employment adviser: the state qualification matters, but so do the client group and the type of organisation. At Muzzo, each role goes to the headhunter who knows that job.
a vacant post weighs on the whole team
A missing director, a service manager not replaced, and the team absorbs the load. Several headhunters can work in parallel, one per role.
the roles
the social work and social care profiles our headhunters will find for you
From frontline social work to management, each role goes to a headhunter who knows that job.
social care facility director
They run a facility or a division: budget, service plan, teams, relations with funders.
educational service manager
They lead the educational team day to day and act as the link between frontline staff and management.
specialist educator
They support children, teenagers or adults in difficulty, in a facility or in the community.
social worker
They help people claim their rights: housing, health, income, employment.
employment support adviser
They help people far from the job market find their way into lasting work.
financial controller and accountant
They keep the organisation’s books and prepare budget discussions with funders.
already hired in social care
HR manager
They recruit, retain and train teams in an organisation where roles are hard to fill.
the method
one headhunter per role, not one firm for everything
An educational service manager, a special-needs educator and a social worker aren't found in the same networks. Here is what changes for a social or care sector role.
the brief starts from the public served and the funding
People supported, sector agreement, public funders: we set what frames the role before looking for the profile.
one headhunter per social care role
From more than 2,500 selected headhunters, your role goes to those who have already filled it: leadership, educational supervision or social support.
qualifications checked before the interview
State diploma in social work, the senior management certification for a leadership role: the headhunter checks these before introducing a profile.
hiring with a social work recruitment agency
why use a social care recruitment agency?
Social and care work weighs heavily in employment: according to Insee, residential and non-residential social care accounted for 56% of charities' paid working hours in 2018, the equivalent of 811,000 full-time jobs. All these facilities compete for the same managers and graduates.
A social care recruitment agency approaches those already in post, directors, service managers, experienced educators, and offers them a concrete facility project. You only meet profiles who have already held the role.
why is the social sector short of trained professionals?
In February 2026, France's Igas inspectorate published a report on recruitment tensions in the social care field. It describes a shortage of trained professionals in pivotal roles, and recommends sharply increasing training capacity.
The figures confirm it: according to France Travail's 2026 BMO survey, 51.6% of the 24,160 planned hires of special-needs educators are rated hard to fill, and 45.9% of the 10,420 aimed at social action professionals. You have to go and find these profiles where they already work.
which diplomas and agreements govern the sector?
Many social care roles rest on a state diploma: special-needs educator, social worker, family and social economics counsellor. To run a social or care facility, regulation requires a senior-level certification, such as the CAFDES.
Most charities apply the 1951 or 1966 sector agreement, each with its own pay scales and recent uplifts. Our headhunters know these frameworks and help you position the role's salary and status.
which roles do social and care facilities hire?
A facility director carries the project, the budget and relations with public funders. A service manager runs an educational team day to day. An educator or social worker works directly with the people being supported.
Support functions matter too: finance control, accounting, HR. These profiles can come from other sectors, provided they understand public funding and the charity's project. Each role goes to the headhunter who knows that job.
how do our headhunters find social and care sector profiles?
Your role goes to the headhunters who have already filled that job. We have tracked them since November 2020 on three criteria: how many hires they make, the quality of their profiles, their speed.
They know the charities, foundations and facilities in your area. They approach professionals in post, check their diplomas and references, then introduce only a few profiles, each one relevant to the role.
what salary should you offer in social and care work in 2026?
According to Apec's 2025 pay study, managerial psychology and social support staff (social worker, social counsellor, psychologist) earn a median of €37k gross a year, with 80% between €25k and €46k.
Variable pay stays rare in these roles: only 16% of managers receive it, far below the 50% average across all managers. These benchmarks help check that an offer holds up before the headhunter calls anyone.
your questions about hiring in social work
Facility leadership, running a division, service management: these are the roles where a headhunter makes the biggest difference. The best profiles are in post and don't answer job ads. The headhunter approaches them directly and checks their qualifications, including the certification required to lead.
Qualified special-needs educators are scarce and in high demand. Each role goes to a headhunter who knows these state diplomas and these groups, and who approaches professionals already in post directly. You set the fee according to how hard the role is.
Trained professionals are scarce: in February 2026, the Igas published a report on recruitment tensions in the social field and recommends sharply increasing training capacity. According to the 2026 BMO survey, 51.6% of planned hires of special-needs educators are rated hard to fill.
According to Apec, managerial psychology and social support staff (social worker, social counsellor, psychologist) earn a median of €37k gross a year, with 80% between €25k and €46k (2025 edition). Only 16% receive variable pay.
Yes. We work with employers hiring in the social and care sector: charities, foundations, care facilities, back-to-work organisations. The specifics of public funding show up in your first conversation with the Muzzo team.