How many care companies are there in Chester?

25 registered home care services operate in Chester, run by 25 providers. Each branch is registered and inspected separately, so check the record of the branch you would work for.

Is travel time paid for care workers in Chester?

Time spent travelling between visits is working time and counts towards the minimum wage, averaged over your pay period. Some employers pay it separately and some build it into the hourly rate. Ask at interview, and check the employer pages here for what each provider has told us.

Care jobs in Chester

Chester has 25 registered home care services, run by 25 providers, and all 21 with a CQC rating are Good or Outstanding (100%, against 87% across England). Cheshire West and Chester paid agencies £23.05 an hour for home care in 2024-25, the 63rd highest of 152 councils in England. Staffing is at least 75% of what home care costs to deliver, so that rate largely sets what local agencies can afford to pay carers. The legal minimum for anyone aged 21 or over is £12.71 an hour from April 2026, and time spent travelling between visits counts towards it.

No live adverts near Chester right now. Care employers recruit near-continuously, so approaching them directly often beats waiting for a vacancy.

Registered care services: 25; run by 25 providers.
Rated Good or Outstanding: 100%; 21 of 21 rated services, against 87% across England. Care Quality Commission
What the council pays agencies: £23.05 an hour; Cheshire West and Chester, 2024-25: the 63rd highest of 152 councils in England. This is the price per hour of care, not carers' pay. Department of Health and Social Care, Adult social care finance report
Legal minimum, 21 and over: £12.71 an hour; from April 2026. Travel time between visits counts towards it. GOV.UK

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Questions about care work in Chester

How much do care workers get paid in Chester?: The legal minimum for care workers aged 21 or over is £12.71 an hour, and travel time between visits counts towards it. Cheshire West and Chester paid agencies £23.05 an hour for home care in 2024-25, which limits what they can pay. Local advertised pay will show here once enough adverts are live.
How many care companies are there in Chester?: 25 registered home care services operate in Chester, run by 25 providers. Each branch is registered and inspected separately, so check the record of the branch you would work for.
Is travel time paid for care workers in Chester?: Time spent travelling between visits is working time and counts towards the minimum wage, averaged over your pay period. Some employers pay it separately and some build it into the hourly rate. Ask at interview, and check the employer pages here for what each provider has told us.

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