Care jobs in Northwich
Northwich has 18 registered home care services, run by 18 providers, and 12 of the 13 with a CQC rating are Good or Outstanding. Cheshire West and Chester paid agencies £21.85 an hour for home care in 2023-24, the 54th 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 Northwich right now. Care employers recruit near-continuously, so approaching them directly often beats waiting for a vacancy.
- Registered care services
- 18
- run by 18 providers.
- Rated Good or Outstanding
- 12 of 13
- of the services with a CQC rating; too few to compare with England fairly. Care Quality Commission
- What the council pays agencies
- £21.85 an hour
- Cheshire West and Chester, 2023-24: the 54th 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 Northwich
- The BrockenNot yet rated
- Northwich NetworkCQC: Good, Nov 2018
- Medical Home Care Now LimitedNot yet rated
- Your Life (Northwich)CQC: Good, Dec 2018
- Deafness Support NetworkCQC: Good, Nov 2019
- Right at Home Mid CheshireCQC: Good, Aug 2022
- SimplyHelpingSeniors LimitedCQC: Good, Dec 2021
- The ButterfliesCQC: Good, Dec 2021
- Home Instead LimitedCQC: Outstanding, Apr 2020
- One 2 One Support, Suite F12ACQC: Requires improvement, May 2023
- Your Life Your WayCQC: Good, Dec 2022
- GoodOaks Homecare – Mid CheshireNot yet rated
- London Paramount Care Community ServicesNot yet rated
- Care SelectCQC: Good, Aug 2021
- North West Care Cooperative - ChesterCQC: Good, May 2022
- Helping Hands NorthwichNot yet rated
- We Support Head OfficeCQC: Good, Nov 2018
- Anderton PlaceCQC: Good, Jan 2020
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Questions about care work in Northwich
- How much do care workers get paid in Northwich?
- The legal minimum for care workers aged 21 or over is £12.71 an hour, and travel time between visits counts towards it. Cheshire West and Chester paid agencies £21.85 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 Northwich?
- 18 registered home care services operate in Northwich, run by 18 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 Northwich?
- 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.