178 care employers in Barnet could find you

Working in care in Barnet

Thirty town centres, one borough: where in Barnet would you work?

Barnet is the second largest London borough by population, with around 389,000 residents at the 2021 census, and it is really a string of suburbs rather than one place. The CQC counts 30 town centres here, each with its own character: Hendon, Finchley, Golders Green, Edgware and Chipping Barnet among them. Compared with much of London it has a strong mix of employers. Alongside home care agencies there is a sizeable number of care homes and nursing homes, so residential and nursing roles are as real an option as home visits. Most employers are registered under London postcodes, with Edgware next.

The borough is getting older. The number of residents aged 65 and over rose by 18% between 2011 and 2021, and the median age went from 35 to 37. Barnet also has the largest Jewish community in the UK as a share of its population, at 14.5%, alongside many other faiths and backgrounds. If you are comfortable with kosher kitchens, Shabbat routines or the customs of any other faith, say so on your profile. It is the kind of detail that helps an employer match you well.

Travel follows the Northern line, which runs north to three ends of the line at Edgware, High Barnet and Mill Hill East, with Thameslink and Great Northern trains serving other parts of the borough. Moving between those branches usually means a bus or a car, so set a realistic travel distance.

Barnet Council offers direct payments to help people meet their care needs, and anyone who pays someone directly to care for them becomes that person's employer, so private personal assistant roles exist here too. Barnet Hospital, on Wellhouse Lane, is run by Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. Middlesex University's Hendon campus trains nurses and has worked to increase student nurse placements in adult social care across north London.

89% of the inspected care employers in Barnet are rated Good or Outstanding by the CQC, close to the 88% across London and above England as a whole (85%).