How many care companies are there in Corby?

53 registered home care services operate in Corby, run by 53 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 Corby?

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 Corby

Corby has 53 registered home care services, run by 53 providers, and 24 of the 27 with a CQC rating are Good or Outstanding (89%, against 87% across England). North Northamptonshire paid agencies £22.44 an hour for home care in 2024-25, the 71st lowest 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. 1 new home care service registered here between 5 August 2026 and 28 October 2026. A new agency is usually building a team from scratch.

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

Registered care services: 53; run by 53 providers.
Rated Good or Outstanding: 89%; 24 of 27 rated services, against 87% across England. Care Quality Commission
What the council pays agencies: £22.44 an hour; North Northamptonshire, 2024-25: the 71st lowest 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
Newly registered services: 1; between 5 August 2026 and 28 October 2026, from our weekly copies of the CQC register. Care Quality Commission register

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Questions about care work in Corby

How much do care workers get paid in Corby?: The legal minimum for care workers aged 21 or over is £12.71 an hour, and travel time between visits counts towards it. North Northamptonshire paid agencies £22.44 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 Corby?: 53 registered home care services operate in Corby, run by 53 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 Corby?: 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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