Care jobs in Newton Abbot
Newton Abbot has 21 registered home care services, run by 20 providers, and 16 of the 17 with a CQC rating are Good or Outstanding. Devon paid agencies £26.00 an hour for home care in 2024-25, the 16th 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 Newton Abbot right now. Care employers recruit near-continuously, so approaching them directly often beats waiting for a vacancy.
- Registered care services
- 21
- run by 20 providers.
- Rated Good or Outstanding
- 16 of 17
- of the services with a CQC rating; too few to compare with England fairly. Care Quality Commission
- What the council pays agencies
- £26.00 an hour
- Devon, 2024-25: the 16th 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 Newton Abbot
- Nurse Plus UK - Newton AbbotCQC: Good, Oct 2018
- Ocean HealthcareCQC: Good, Jan 2023
- Teign AngelsCQC: Good, Feb 2023
- Mallands Residential Care HomeCQC: Outstanding, May 2018
- Ogwell Grange Residential Care HomeCQC: Good, Apr 2023
- Shared Lives South WestCQC: Outstanding, Mar 2019
- Isobelles Care Ltd - ChagfordNot yet rated
- NEDCare Charitable Incorporated OrganisationCQC: Good, Jul 2018
- YourChoice Devon LtdCQC: Good, Jun 2019
- Step One ServicesCQC: Good, Mar 2023
- Be Happy at Home LtdNot yet rated
- CareRightNot yet rated
- CareRightCQC: Good, Nov 2022
- Sky Home Living LimitedCQC: Requires improvement, Jan 2022
- Newton Abbot HospitalNot yet rated
- Wayforward Specialist Support Services LtdCQC: Good, Oct 2022
- Unicare DevonCQC: Good, Apr 2020
- Social Care Reablement - FordeCQC: Good, Jun 2019
- Leypass LtdCQC: Good, Oct 2022
- Devon Home Care LimitedCQC: Good, Mar 2019
- Ace Home SupportCQC: Good, Sept 2022
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Questions about care work in Newton Abbot
- How much do care workers get paid in Newton Abbot?
- The legal minimum for care workers aged 21 or over is £12.71 an hour, and travel time between visits counts towards it. Devon paid agencies £26.00 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 Newton Abbot?
- 21 registered home care services operate in Newton Abbot, run by 20 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 Newton Abbot?
- 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.