84 care employers in Kingston upon Thames could find you

Working in care in Kingston upon Thames

New Malden, Surbiton or Chessington: where would a Kingston care job take you?

Kingston upon Thames is one of the smaller London boroughs, stretching from the riverside town centre down through Surbiton and New Malden to Chessington on the Surrey edge. Care employers are spread fairly evenly between New Malden and Surbiton, with a smaller group around Chessington, and a little over half of them are home care services. About a quarter of Kingston households had no car or van at the 2021 census, so living here without one is normal, but a round that runs out towards Chessington or Old Malden is much easier if you drive.

Language matters more here than many people expect. After English, Tamil and Korean are the two most common main languages in the borough, and New Malden is known for having one of the largest Korean communities in Europe. The council notes that around 12,000 Tamil people live in Kingston and that the borough is twinned with Jaffna. If you speak Tamil, Korean, Arabic or Polish, list it on your profile: an older person who has gone back to their first language can relax with someone who understands them.

The Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames can pay a personal budget as a direct payment, so people arrange and pay for their own care, and it points anyone who wants help setting this up to Kingston Centre for Independent Living, a user-led disability organisation. That is where personal assistant roles come from, alongside agency and care home work.

On the NHS side, Kingston Hospital joined with the local community health trust in November 2024 to form Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust, which also runs community clinics such as Surbiton Health Centre. Kingston College, part of South Thames Colleges Group, teaches Health and Social Care in a hub with simulated hospital wards and home settings, from a BTEC Level 1/2 certificate up to Access to Higher Education Diplomas in Nursing and Midwifery.

94% of the inspected care employers in Kingston upon Thames are rated Good or Outstanding by the CQC, above the 88% across London and above England as a whole (85%).