Buttons Recruitment

Owned by Jan Cocks, Buttons Recruitment is a family-run Health & Social Care recruitment agency specialising in temporary staffing across Norfolk and Suffolk, and permanent recruitment throughout the UK.

Whether it is finding a Support Worker for tomorrow’s shift or a Registered Manager to lead a service for years to come, they love matching brilliant people with brilliant organisations.

The team brings decades of combined recruitment and Health & Social Care experience, so they understand that behind every vacancy is a service that needs support, and behind every CV is a real person looking for the right opportunity.

Flexible staffing support, built around people

Temporary staffing

Responsive Health & Social Care staffing support across Norfolk and Suffolk.

Permanent recruitment

Permanent recruitment throughout the UK, from Support Workers to Registered Managers.

They have recently welcomed new talent into their growing team, expanded their permanent recruitment division, and continue to invest in compliance, training and technology. They are growing, but are determined not to lose the friendly, pick-up-the-phone, know-your-name approach that built their reputation.

Recognition built on quality service

Being the biggest agency on the block is not the goal. Buttons would much rather be the one people remember because they genuinely cared, delivered what they promised and perhaps made them smile along the way.

  • Best Recruitment Business in England
  • Best Recruitment Business in Norfolk
  • MD Award 2026 — East Anglia
  • Excellence in Staff Training 2026 — East Anglia
  • SBA Award — Best Small Business
  • SSG Community Contributor of the Year

It does not change them — it makes them strive to do even better. Quality service is what they believe in and work towards every day.

Growing without losing the personal touch

Recruitment is, and always will be, about people.

Buttons Recruitment plans to continue growing its permanent recruitment division across the UK, strengthen temporary staffing support throughout East Anglia, and welcome more talented people into the Buttons family.

They will keep investing in technology that makes recruitment smarter, while never forgetting the friendly, people-first approach behind every successful placement.

"Recruitment can sometimes feel like everyone is guarding their 'secret recipe', but the reality is we all learn more when we share ideas. Working alongside SSG and Korelate gives us the opportunity to connect with like-minded recruiters, celebrate what's working, learn from what isn't, and keep raising the bar together. Plus, it's always reassuring to know you're not the only one who occasionally survives on coffee and optimism!"

Jan Cocks, Buttons Recruitment