92 care employers in Lambeth could find you

Working in care in Lambeth

Brixton, Streatham, Clapham, Norwood: which part of Lambeth suits you?

Lambeth reaches from the South Bank and Waterloo in the north down through Vauxhall, Stockwell and Brixton to Clapham, Streatham and West Norwood. The Victoria and Northern lines serve the middle of the borough well, while the southern neighbourhoods lean on buses and overground trains. It is a borough where you can do a full shift of home visits without a car, provided your rounds stay in one patch.

Home care leads the local market, with care homes the next biggest group and a smaller number of nursing homes. The need is growing fast. Between the 2011 and 2021 censuses the number of residents aged 50 to 64 went up by 44%, and those are the people whose care needs will grow over the coming decade.

Lambeth is also international. The share of residents born in South America rose to about 4% at the last census, so if you speak Portuguese or Spanish, add it to your profile; it can help an older person feel at ease. Lambeth Council's direct payments let people buy a service or employ a personal assistant to meet their assessed needs, so one to one PA work is available alongside agency roles.

On the NHS side, St Thomas' Hospital faces Parliament across Westminster Bridge, and South London and Maudsley runs Lambeth Hospital for mental health care. For training, Lambeth College, part of South Bank Colleges, has campuses in Clapham and Brixton, and the group offers health and social care courses including an adult Level 2 Extended Diploma at its Nine Elms campus.

87% of the inspected care employers in Lambeth are rated Good or Outstanding by the CQC, close to the 88% across London and in line with England as a whole (85%).