Arbor Associates

Arbor Associates is a staffing firm that supplies workers for caring professions, placing people with agencies that support vulnerable groups. It recruits across Southern New England, covering Greater Boston, Central and Western Massachusetts and Rhode Island, and works with both job seekers and employers.

What Arbor Associates offers

• Behavioural health staffing — field associates for group homes, residential programmes and congregate care settings.
• Education staffing — support staff for schools, including settings for students with autism.
• Medical staffing — placements in clinical and care roles.
• Healthcare administration — administrative staff for health and care organisations.
• Job placement for candidates — matching applicants to employers based on their skills, experience and interests, with flexible work across different agencies.

Who it works with

Clients include providers of care for people with developmental disabilities and autism, residential care operators and schools. Client comments on its site describe quick responses to staff shortages during the pandemic, and one network says it has used the agency for over 20 years.

Key facts

• Region: Greater Boston, Central and Western Massachusetts, and Rhode Island
• Professions covered: behavioural health, education, medical, healthcare administration and other caring roles
• Community work: sponsors fundraising events for client organisations