How many care companies are there in Christchurch?

16 registered home care services operate in Christchurch, run by 16 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 Christchurch?

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 Christchurch

Christchurch has 16 registered home care services, run by 16 providers, and all 9 with a CQC rating are Good or Outstanding. Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole paid agencies £23.90 an hour for home care in 2023-24, the 27th highest of 150 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 Christchurch right now. Care employers recruit near-continuously, so approaching them directly often beats waiting for a vacancy.

Registered care services: 16; run by 16 providers.
Rated Good or Outstanding: 9 of 9; of the services with a CQC rating; too few to compare with England fairly. Care Quality Commission
What the council pays agencies: £23.90 an hour; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 2023-24: the 27th highest of 150 councils in England. This is the price per hour of care, not carers' pay. NHS England, Adult Social Care Finance Return
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 Christchurch

How much do care workers get paid in Christchurch?: The legal minimum for care workers aged 21 or over is £12.71 an hour, and travel time between visits counts towards it. Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole paid agencies £23.90 an hour for home care in 2023-24, which limits what they can pay. Local advertised pay will show here once enough adverts are live.
How many care companies are there in Christchurch?: 16 registered home care services operate in Christchurch, run by 16 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 Christchurch?: 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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