CARED

What CARED does

CARED (Cellule d'Aide à la Recherche d'Emploi pour les personnes en Difficulté) is a French non-profit Association Intermédiaire founded on May 7, 1985, in Meaux, Seine-et-Marne, operating under law N°87-39 of January 27, 1987 and conventioned by the French State. The organization delivers temporary staffing services (mise à disposition de personnel) across seven branch antennes in Nord Seine-et-Marne, employing job seekers facing social and professional difficulty and placing them with clients for non-specialized tasks including cleaning, gardening, minor repairs, handling, catering, and administrative support. Annual operational scale includes 247 people placed, 1,792 contracts, 3,874 missions, and 101,909 hours worked, serving 307 donneurs d'ordres and 500+ 'clients solidaires' across individuals, businesses, associations, and local authorities.

Beyond core staffing, CARED runs a portfolio of socio-professional accompaniment programs: the AI (Association Intermédiaire) program with employment advisors, AVE (Accompagnement Vers l'Emploi) co-financed by the European Social Fund+ for RSA allocataires at €369,600 for 2024-2025, and PLIE (Plan Local pour l'Insertion et l'Emploi). Complementary training and insertion actions include 'Le meilleur de soi pour l'emploi', French as a Foreign Language courses, 'Quartier Numérique Pour Tous' digital literacy, 'Des Meaux Doux' children's well-being workshops, and a CAF relay point (operated since 2016) that assisted 1,131 allocataires in 2019.

The business model combines transactional revenue from temporary staffing fees with multi-source public co-financing (FSE+, French State via the Ministry of Cohesion of Territories, departmental convention funds). Distribution is field-based via 7 antennes and referral-based through institutional partnerships (Pôle Emploi, Maison des Solidarités, CAF, Initiatives 77, Régie du Pays de Meaux), with the Director of Publication identified as Anabela Oliveira. CARED holds the Presidency of the CDAI and is a member of the national ESS Coorace federation, embedding it within the regional social and solidarity economy ecosystem.

Name

CARED

Legal name

ASSOCIATION CARED

Website

https://cared-asso.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1985

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

CARED is a French State-conventioned non-profit Association Intermédiaire in Nord Seine-et-Marne providing temporary staffing and socio-professional insertion services, placing job seekers in difficulty with households, businesses, associations, and local authorities across seven branch offices.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Meaux

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices8 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Mise à disposition de personnel temporaire: CARED acts as an intermediary employer, providing temporary workers to clients (households, businesses, associations, local authorities) for missions requiring no high qualifications. Revenue comes from charging clients for the temporary worker services provided. The model enables beneficiaries to regain professional habits and confidence while performing useful work for clients.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

CARED is a French non-profit Association Intermédiaire that employs job seekers facing employment difficulties and provides them as temporary staff to individuals, businesses, associations, and local authorities across Nord Seine-et-Marne for non-specialized tasks including cleaning, gardening, small repairs, manual labor, handling, restaurant service, and administrative support. The dual service model combines a commercial temporary staffing offering with socio-professional insertion programs (AI, AVE, PLIE) and training initiatives.

Product overview

CARED (Cellule d'Aide à la Recherche d'Emploi pour les personnes en Difficulté) is an Association Intermédiaire operating under French law N°87-39 of January 27, 1987, providing staffing services and employment support programs. The core offering is temporary staffing (mise à disposition de personnel), where CARED employs job seekers facing difficulties and makes them available to clients. This is supported by employment accompaniment programs (AI, AVE, PLIE) and training initiatives (Le meilleur de soi, Quartier Numérique Pour Tous, Cours FLE, Des Meaux Doux), plus insertion actions like the CAF partnership for rights access. Services cover cleaning, gardening, small repairs, handling, restaurant work, and administrative support.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Mise à disposition de personnel (Temporary Staffing Service) Core temporary staffing offering in which CARED employs job seekers facing employment difficulties and makes them available to individuals, businesses, associations, and local authorities for non-specialized tasks including cleaning, gardening, small repairs, manual labor, handling, restaurant service, and administrative support. CARED acts as the legal employer and handles all employer administrative responsibilities; clients can trial workers before converting to direct hire without recruitment fees.
• Accompagnement Association Intermédiaire (AI) Socio-professional accompaniment program for job seekers in difficulty with a dedicated employment advisor, providing access to temporary work assignments, administrative assistance, and personalized support toward sustainable employment.
• Accompagnement Vers l'Emploi (AVE) Personalized socio-professional accompaniment mission for RSA benefit recipients, addressing barriers to insertion and supporting their path toward sustainable employment.
• Plan Local pour l'Insertion et l'Emploi (PLIE) Personalized and reinforced job-seeker accompaniment program lasting up to 6 months after returning to durable employment or qualifying training, with a dedicated referent and Pôle Emploi as the entry point.
• Accès aux droits (Rights Access Service / CAF Relay Point) CAF relay point offering administrative support services to allocataires, helping them with online procedures and rights access, in partnership with CAF Seine-et-Marne since 2016.
• Le meilleur de soi pour l'emploi Personal development and employment preparation training program helping job seekers build confidence and professional skills in preparation for returning to sustainable employment.
• Cours Français Langue Étrangère (FLE) French as a Foreign Language courses to help non-native speakers improve their language skills for employment purposes and socio-professional integration.
• Quartier Numérique Pour Tous Digital literacy program helping participants become autonomous in digital procedures, from basic computer use to internet job searching and online administrative tasks.
• Des Meaux Doux Workshops for children aged 6-10 of job-seeking parents, focusing on emotional well-being, relaxation techniques, and improving family relationships.

Quantifiable outcome

• 247 personnes mises à disposition annually
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

API docs

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Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Initiatives 77coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInitiatives 77 operates a monthly permanence at CARED's Meaux offices to provide support for entrepreneurship projects through the 'Créer pour entreprendre' program. This partnership helps consolidate business creation projects for CARED beneficiaries.
• Maison de l'Emploi et de la FormationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCARED is a member of the Board of Directors (Conseil d'Administration) of the Maison de l'Emploi et de la Formation Nord-Est 77. This partnership connects CARED to broader employment and training ecosystem initiatives in the region.
• Régie du Pays de MeauxcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerA convention between CARED and Régie du Pays de Meaux develops insertion pathways for Association Intermédiaire publics, with emphasis on job preparation and training. The Régie also gives special attention to CARED's candidate referrals. CARED is a member of the Board of Directors.
• Germinale (Auto-école associative)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGerminale provides associative driving school services. CARED refers beneficiaries whose professional projects require a driver's license (permis B) to Germinale for feasibility assessment and financing options. CARED is a member of Germinale's Board of Directors.
• CAF (Caisse d'Allocations Familiales)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership since 2016. CARED operates a CAF relay point where allocataires receive support with their online administrative procedures. In 2019, 1,131 people were assisted (up from 986 in 2018), with 205.5 hours of service. CAF agents can be contacted via dedicated email for complex dossier situations.
• ApsydeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCARED is a member of the Board of Directors (Conseil d'Administration) of Apsyde.
• SinactéminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerA collaborative platform in which CARED participates as a member of the Board of Directors.
• CIAS Lizy sur OurcqminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCARED is a member of the Board of Directors (Conseil d'Administration) of CIAS Lizy sur Ourcq.
• CDAI (Comité Départemental des Associations Intermédiaires)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCARED holds the Presidency of the CDAI, a departmental committee representing Association Intermédiaires in Seine-et-Marne.
• Maison des Solidarités de Meaux et CoulommierscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCARED participates in Equipes Pluridisciplinaires (Multidisciplinary Teams) with the Maison des Solidarités, which orient RSA allocataires to CARED programs.
• Pôle EmploicoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPôle Emploi advisors orient job seekers to CARED programs and serve as entry points to the PLIE (Plan Local pour l'Insertion et l'Emploi) device.
• Fédération nationale de l'Economie Sociale et Solidaire (ESS) CooracecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCARED is a member of the national federation of Social and Solidarity Economy, part of the Coorace network, which provides institutional representation and network support.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Randstad France: Large commercial temporary help operator with deep French enterprise client relationships; competes with CARED for non-qualified staffing missions but operates purely commercially.
• Manpower France: Major commercial temporary staffing firm in France offering the same mise à disposition de personnel services that CARED provides, but as a commercial operator without the SIAE insertion mission.
• France Travail (ex-Pôle Emploi): France's national employment agency, a core referral partner of CARED for orienting job seekers into AVE/PLIE programs; broader incumbent that orchestrates the same insertion missions but at national scale rather than locally.
• Crit Intérim: Established French temporary work and recruitment network covering the same low-qualification segments (manutention, nettoyage, espaces verts) addressed by CARED's client base, but commercially structured.
• Synergie: French-headquartered temporary work and recruitment group with nationwide branch coverage; overlaps with CARED's enterprise-facing temporary staffing proposition across blue-collar and administrative profiles.
• Adecco France: Largest commercial temporary help provider in France; competes with CARED in the low-skill staffing segment (cleaning, manutention, administrative) addressed to entreprises and collectivités, but without the social insertion dimension.

Direct peers

• Réseau Cocagne: Federation of social insertion enterprises (often maraîchage and environmental services) operating under the SIAE framework; shares CARED's logic of combining productive activity with employment insertion for disadvantaged job seekers.
• Fédération des Associations Intermédiaires: Umbrella body representing French Associations Intermédiaires; its member AIs (especially those operating under the same 1987 law and convention framework as CARED) are direct model peers, even where not individually named.
• Coorace (Fédération nationale de l'ESS): National federation of which CARED is itself a member; Coorace groups Associations Intermédiaires and other SIAE structures using the same temporary staffing + insertion model, making other federation members the closest structural peers.
• Régies de Quartier (national network): Régies de Quartier operate in the same IAE ecosystem, combining neighborhood-level service delivery (cleaning, maintenance, manutention) with social insertion missions for disadvantaged populations — directly comparable to CARED's dual staffing/insertion model.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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