Care jobs in Winsford
Winsford has 8 registered home care services, run by 8 providers, and 4 of the 5 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 Winsford right now. Care employers recruit near-continuously, so approaching them directly often beats waiting for a vacancy.
- Registered care services
- 8
- run by 8 providers.
- Rated Good or Outstanding
- 4 of 5
- 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 Winsford
- Archangel Home CareCQC: Requires improvement, May 2022
- Evolving Care Ltd WinsfordNot yet rated
- Ace Care Professionals LtdCQC: Good, Nov 2020
- Homecarers Cheshire MidCQC: Good, Dec 2020
- Weaver LodgeCQC: Good, Apr 2022
- Cheshire Support ServicesNot yet rated
- Marbury Health Care LtdNot yet rated
- Winsford NetworkCQC: Good, Jul 2018
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Questions about care work in Winsford
- How much do care workers get paid in Winsford?
- 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 Winsford?
- 8 registered home care services operate in Winsford, run by 8 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 Winsford?
- 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.