Care.com is an online care organisation with full national coverage in the UK, which allows families to find the right carers for the needs of their child or young person.

In particular families can search for special needs carers in their area, with an easy and quick postcode search. If there’s a specific skill or type of training that families need in a carer, they can also do a keyword search.

Families can post a job online and receive responses from carers locally as well as have the ability to view carer profiles online including their contact details.

Care.com also provides tools and resources (blog.uk.care.com) to help families make safer and more informed decisions throughout the search and hiring process, including monitored messaging, background check services and an online safety guide.