Care jobs in Market Harborough
Market Harborough has 15 registered home care services, run by 15 providers, and all 10 with a CQC rating are Good or Outstanding. Leicestershire paid agencies £22.50 an hour for home care in 2023-24, the 39th 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 Market Harborough right now. Care employers recruit near-continuously, so approaching them directly often beats waiting for a vacancy.
- Registered care services
- 15
- run by 15 providers.
- Rated Good or Outstanding
- 10 of 10
- of the services with a CQC rating; too few to compare with England fairly. Care Quality Commission
- What the council pays agencies
- £22.50 an hour
- Leicestershire, 2023-24: the 39th 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
Care employers in Market Harborough
- HF Trust - LeicestershireCQC: Good, Aug 2019
- Eckland Lodge Business ParkCQC: Good, Jan 2020
- TML Care Solutions LtdCQC: Good, Jun 2018
- TLR HealthcareNot yet rated
- CT Care LtdCQC: Good, Sept 2022
- Yourlife (Market Harborough)CQC: Good, Jun 2022
- Eliona Healthcare LimitedCQC: Good, Jun 2023
- Welland PlaceCQC: Good, Feb 2019
- Home Instead Market HarboroughCQC: Outstanding, Nov 2019
- New Horizon CareNot yet rated
- Next Steps LtdCQC: Good, Jun 2022
- Harborough Home Care Limited T/A Bridgewater Home Care - HarboroughNot yet rated
- Care Sante NorthamptonshireNot yet rated
- Freedom SupportCQC: Good, Sept 2019
- Xcel Homes LtdNot yet rated
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Questions about care work in Market Harborough
- How much do care workers get paid in Market Harborough?
- The legal minimum for care workers aged 21 or over is £12.71 an hour, and travel time between visits counts towards it. Leicestershire paid agencies £22.50 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 Market Harborough?
- 15 registered home care services operate in Market Harborough, run by 15 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 Market Harborough?
- 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.