Care jobs in Windsor
Windsor has 12 registered home care services, run by 12 providers, and 5 of the 7 with a CQC rating are Good or Outstanding. Windsor and Maidenhead paid agencies £40.38 an hour for home care in 2023-24, the 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 Windsor right now. Care employers recruit near-continuously, so approaching them directly often beats waiting for a vacancy.
- Registered care services
- 12
- run by 12 providers.
- Rated Good or Outstanding
- 5 of 7
- of the services with a CQC rating; too few to compare with England fairly. Care Quality Commission
- What the council pays agencies
- £40.38 an hour
- Windsor and Maidenhead, 2023-24: the 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 Windsor
- Guardian Angel Carers Windsor and MaidenheadNot yet rated
- Unique Care Windsor LtdNot yet rated
- Concept Living Care Services LtdNot yet rated
- Nest HomeCare - WindsorCQC: Good, Jun 2018
- Heritage Healthcare Berkshire LtdCQC: Good, Jan 2023
- Elegant Care ServicesCQC: Requires improvement, Feb 2024
- County Care Berkshire LtdCQC: Good, Aug 2019
- Laura CaresCQC: Requires improvement, Oct 2022
- King HomecareCQC: Good, Feb 2023
- Caremark (Slough and South Bucks)CQC: Good, Aug 2019
- Complete Care WindsorNot yet rated
- Great Park HomecareNot yet rated
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Questions about care work in Windsor
- How much do care workers get paid in Windsor?
- The legal minimum for care workers aged 21 or over is £12.71 an hour, and travel time between visits counts towards it. Windsor and Maidenhead paid agencies £40.38 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 Windsor?
- 12 registered home care services operate in Windsor, run by 12 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 Windsor?
- 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.