Care jobs in Redditch
Redditch has 14 registered home care services, run by 14 providers, and all 9 with a CQC rating are Good or Outstanding. Worcestershire paid agencies £22.47 an hour for home care in 2023-24, the 40th 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 Redditch 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
- 9 of 9
- of the services with a CQC rating; too few to compare with England fairly. Care Quality Commission
- What the council pays agencies
- £22.47 an hour
- Worcestershire, 2023-24: the 40th 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 Redditch
- Belmont Homecare ServicesCQC: Good, Feb 2023
- Step Up Training and Care LtdNot yet rated
- Stoke Heath Homecare LtdCQC: Good, Oct 2023
- Excalibur Serviced OfficesCQC: Good, Mar 2019
- Supreme Home Care Redditch and BromsgroveCQC: Good, Apr 2019
- Old Friends Care LimitedCQC: Outstanding, Jul 2022
- Midway Supported Services WorcestershireNot yet rated
- Rainbow Care Solutions (Redditch)CQC: Good, Jan 2023
- The Business CentreNot yet rated
- Caremark (Redditch and Bromsgrove)CQC: Good, Jun 2023
- All For You Home Care LimitedNot yet rated
- Home Instead Redditch and BromsgroveCQC: Good, Dec 2023
- Eclipse HomeCare (Terryspring Court)CQC: Good, Feb 2020
- Reddi Support LimitedNot yet rated
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Questions about care work in Redditch
- How much do care workers get paid in Redditch?
- The legal minimum for care workers aged 21 or over is £12.71 an hour, and travel time between visits counts towards it. Worcestershire paid agencies £22.47 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 Redditch?
- 14 registered home care services operate in Redditch, 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 Redditch?
- 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.