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Battersea to Roehampton without a car: how care work runs in Wandsworth

Wandsworth is one of the youngest boroughs in London. Its median age was 33 at the 2021 census, and people in their late twenties are its biggest age group. Care work still matters here, because the borough is large, with around 327,500 residents, and its older population is growing: the number of people aged 50 to 64 rose by almost a third in ten years. Most local care employers are home care services rather than care homes, so the job is usually about visiting people where they live, from mansion blocks in Battersea to estates in Roehampton and terraces in Tooting and Earlsfield.

Nearly half of Wandsworth households had no car or van in 2021, and many carers here never drive for work. Rounds tend to be planned around walking, buses and the Northern line through Balham and Tooting. If you do drive, say so, because it opens up visits that sit a long way from a station or bus route.

Wandsworth Council lets people use direct payments to employ their own personal assistant, and Ruils, the council's direct payment support provider, helps them recruit, set up as an employer and run payroll. Relatives who live outside the person's household may be paid in some cases, with the council's approval.

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust runs St George's Hospital in Tooting and Queen Mary's Hospital in Roehampton, so NHS healthcare assistant roles are close by. South Thames College's Wandsworth campus offers an NCFE CACHE Level 3 Certificate in Preparing to Work in Adult Social Care and a Level 1 Award, plus short Level 2 courses in Tooting on autism, behaviour that challenges and diabetes care.

96% of the inspected care employers in Wandsworth are rated Good or Outstanding by the CQC, above the 88% across London and above England as a whole (85%).