Care jobs in Kendal
Kendal has 17 registered home care services, run by 14 providers, and 9 of the 10 with a CQC rating are Good or Outstanding. 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 Kendal right now. Care employers recruit near-continuously, so approaching them directly often beats waiting for a vacancy.
- Registered care services
- 17
- run by 14 providers.
- Rated Good or Outstanding
- 9 of 10
- of the services with a CQC rating; too few to compare with England fairly. Care Quality Commission
- Legal minimum, 21 and over
- £12.71 an hour
- from April 2026. Travel time between visits counts towards it. GOV.UK
Care employers in Kendal
- Spinal Homecare Services LimitedCQC: Good, Dec 2018
- Kent StreetCQC: Requires improvement, Jan 2024
- Support at HomeCQC: Good, Feb 2024
- PHC Kendal BranchNot yet rated
- Home Instead Senior CareCQC: Outstanding, Jul 2019
- Lakes Home Care LtdNot yet rated
- Fellside HomecareNot yet rated
- YourLife (Kendal)CQC: Good, May 2020
- Brancaster Home CareCQC: Good, Aug 2018
- The Oaklea Trust (South Lakes & Furness)CQC: Good, Aug 2022
- Westmorland Homecare - KendalCQC: Outstanding, Feb 2019
- Brielle Healthcare Services Ltd - CumbriaNot yet rated
- Kendal Supported Living ServiceCQC: Good, Mar 2019
- Eskdale House Supported Living ServiceNot yet rated
- Shared Lives - Westmorland and Furness Care ServicesCQC: Good, Sept 2022
- Yorkshire and Humber Healthcare Alliance CumbriaNot yet rated
- Alcedo Care South LakesNot yet rated
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Questions about care work in Kendal
- How much do care workers get paid in Kendal?
- The legal minimum for care workers aged 21 or over is £12.71 an hour, and travel time between visits counts towards it. Local advertised pay will show here once enough adverts are live.
- How many care companies are there in Kendal?
- 17 registered home care services operate in Kendal, run by 14 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 Kendal?
- 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.