24 care employers in Rutland could find you

Working in care in Rutland

Is there enough care work in Rutland to build a working life around?

Rutland is small, and there is no point pretending otherwise: around 41,000 people at the 2021 census, and almost every care employer in the county is in or around Oakham, the county town. Uppingham and the villages have very few of their own. For most carers here the real choice is between a job in Oakham and work just over the border in Stamford, Melton Mowbray, Corby or Peterborough, so think about which direction you are happy to travel.

The population is older than average, with a median age of 46 against 40 for England, and the number of residents aged 65 to 74 rose by about a quarter between the last two censuses. Rutland is also among the most thinly populated tenth of English council areas, so home care outside Oakham is driving work. Without a car, the CallConnect service for Stamford, Bourne and Rutland runs bookable minibuses on weekdays and Saturdays.

One thing sets Rutland apart. The council estimates that around one in five residents belongs to the armed forces community, with Kendrew Barracks at Cottesmore and St George's Barracks at North Luffenham, and nearly 3,000 veterans living in the county. If you have arrived with a posting, a profile lets local employers find you quickly, and your care experience goes with you when the posting moves on.

Rutland County Council keeps a list of local personal assistants on its Local Offer, alongside a Personal Assistant Network of PAs with a DBS check, references and access to training. Rutland Memorial Hospital in Oakham, run by Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust, has a ward for rehabilitation and end of life care; acute care is in Leicester, Peterborough or Stamford. For courses, Grantham College, over the Lincolnshire border, runs a Foundation Degree and an Access to HE Diploma in Health and Social Care.

78% of the inspected care employers in Rutland are rated Good or Outstanding by the CQC, below the 82% across the East Midlands and below England as a whole (85%).