Care jobs in New Malden
New Malden has 14 registered home care services, run by 14 providers, and 6 of the 7 with a CQC rating are Good or Outstanding. Kingston upon Thames paid agencies £18.00 an hour for home care in 2023-24, the 8th lowest 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 New Malden right now. Care employers recruit near-continuously, so approaching them directly often beats waiting for a vacancy.
- Registered care services
- 14
- run by 14 providers.
- Rated Good or Outstanding
- 6 of 7
- of the services with a CQC rating; too few to compare with England fairly. Care Quality Commission
- What the council pays agencies
- £18.00 an hour
- Kingston upon Thames, 2023-24: the 8th lowest 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 New Malden
- St Ann's Lodge 2Not yet rated
- Sunshine Health Care Services LimitedCQC: Good, Oct 2022
- Noblesse Care LtdNot yet rated
- Wise SupportNot yet rated
- Jardine Care Limited t/a Home Instead Senior CareCQC: Outstanding, Nov 2018
- Home Instead Senior CareCQC: Outstanding, Dec 2020
- Leys ConsultantsNot yet rated
- Day and Nite Services (Kingston)CQC: Requires improvement, Dec 2022
- Aid With Care LimitedCQC: Good, Oct 2022
- Kerr-Care At Home Services Ltd - Right At Home (Wimbledon, Putney and Kingston)Not yet rated
- Samfos Health - MertonNot yet rated
- HF Trust London KingstonCQC: Good, Aug 2022
- Onnuri CareCQC: Good, Sept 2021
- Concord Care ServicesNot yet rated
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Questions about care work in New Malden
- How much do care workers get paid in New Malden?
- The legal minimum for care workers aged 21 or over is £12.71 an hour, and travel time between visits counts towards it. Kingston upon Thames paid agencies £18.00 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 New Malden?
- 14 registered home care services operate in New Malden, 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 New Malden?
- 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.