Care jobs in Cramlington
Cramlington has 9 registered home care services, run by 8 providers, and 8 of the 9 with a CQC rating are Good or Outstanding. Northumberland paid agencies £25.98 an hour for home care in 2024-25, the 21st 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 Cramlington right now. Care employers recruit near-continuously, so approaching them directly often beats waiting for a vacancy.
- Registered care services
- 9
- run by 8 providers.
- Rated Good or Outstanding
- 8 of 9
- of the services with a CQC rating; too few to compare with England fairly. Care Quality Commission
- What the council pays agencies
- £25.98 an hour
- Northumberland, 2024-25: the 21st 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
Care employers in Cramlington
- Keele DriveCQC: Good, Dec 2023
- Aurora Home Care LtdCQC: Requires improvement, Jan 2026
- S L Homecare LtdCQC: Good, Nov 2021
- Thompson Amour Limited T/A Heritage Healthcare North TynesideCQC: Good, Jul 2026
- Home Instead South East NorthumberlandCQC: Outstanding, Feb 2024
- Helping Hands - East NorthumberlandCQC: Good, Jun 2022
- Nupath Care NorthumberlandCQC: Good, Jul 2026
- G&P Healthcare LimitedCQC: Outstanding, Dec 2021
- Bluebird Care (Northumberland South)CQC: Good, Aug 2023
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Questions about care work in Cramlington
- How much do care workers get paid in Cramlington?
- The legal minimum for care workers aged 21 or over is £12.71 an hour, and travel time between visits counts towards it. Northumberland paid agencies £25.98 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 Cramlington?
- 9 registered home care services operate in Cramlington, run by 8 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 Cramlington?
- 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.