Care jobs in Northallerton
Northallerton has 12 registered home care services, run by 10 providers, and all 8 with a CQC rating are Good or Outstanding. North Yorkshire paid agencies £25.85 an hour for home care in 2023-24, the 12th 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 Northallerton right now. Care employers recruit near-continuously, so approaching them directly often beats waiting for a vacancy.
- Registered care services
- 12
- run by 10 providers.
- Rated Good or Outstanding
- 8 of 8
- of the services with a CQC rating; too few to compare with England fairly. Care Quality Commission
- What the council pays agencies
- £25.85 an hour
- North Yorkshire, 2023-24: the 12th 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 Northallerton
- KP Premier CareNot yet rated
- Avalon Northallerton ServicesNot yet rated
- The OrchardsCQC: Good, Dec 2018
- Helping Hand HomecareCQC: Good, Nov 2023
- Alive Healthcare Solutions LtdCQC: Good, Dec 2019
- Blossom Home Care LtdCQC: Good, Jul 2019
- Care Legacy Richmond and HambletonNot yet rated
- SNE Care Services LtdNot yet rated
- New WingsCQC: Good, Nov 2021
- Rivendale Extra CareCQC: Good, Jan 2019
- Hambleton and Richmond Intermediate Care ServiceCQC: Good, Mar 2019
- Bluebird Care Northallerton, Thirsk and CatterickCQC: Good, Dec 2023
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Questions about care work in Northallerton
- How much do care workers get paid in Northallerton?
- The legal minimum for care workers aged 21 or over is £12.71 an hour, and travel time between visits counts towards it. North Yorkshire paid agencies £25.85 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 Northallerton?
- 12 registered home care services operate in Northallerton, run by 10 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 Northallerton?
- 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.