Care work in North East
1,137 care employers in the North East could find you
Build one free profile and let home care agencies, care homes and nursing homes in the North East come to you. No applications, and you choose who gets your details.

Who could see your profile
Care employers in the North East
The biggest group of care employers in the North East is care homes (40%), followed by home care agencies (37%) and nursing homes (24%). Choose the settings you want and only those employers will see you.
Registered services from the Care Quality Commission register, updated regularly. A service registered for both home care and residential care is counted in each.
The local picture
What care work looks like in the North East
There is more nursing home work here than average: 24% of employers are nursing homes, against 15% nationally, which means more roles for nurses and nursing assistants.
93% of the inspected care employers in the North East are rated Good or Outstanding by the CQC, close to the 93% across the North East and above England as a whole (85%).
How it works
Three steps, then employers in North East do the searching
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Your role, where you live and how far you’ll travel, the care you’re experienced in, when you can work and whether you drive.
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Biggest towns for care work in the North East
- Durham37 care employers · County Durham
- South Shields24 care employers · South Tyneside
- Bishop Auckland23 care employers · County Durham
- Consett22 care employers · County Durham
- North Shields21 care employers · North Tyneside
- Seaham20 care employers · County Durham
- Whitley Bay20 care employers · North Tyneside
- Newton Aycliffe19 care employers · County Durham
- Redcar19 care employers · Redcar and Cleveland
- Houghton le Spring18 care employers · Sunderland
- Morpeth17 care employers · Northumberland
- Blyth17 care employers · Northumberland
Council areas in the North East
- County Durham209 care employers
- Darlington51 care employers
- Gateshead92 care employers
- Hartlepool36 care employers
- Middlesbrough74 care employers
- Newcastle upon Tyne121 care employers
- North Tyneside82 care employers
- Northumberland134 care employers
- Redcar and Cleveland61 care employers
- South Tyneside49 care employers
- Stockton-on-Tees99 care employers
- Sunderland129 care employers
Other regions
- East3,411 care employers
- East Midlands2,853 care employers
- London3,642 care employers
- North West3,417 care employers
- South East5,174 care employers
- South West3,106 care employers
- West Midlands3,241 care employers
- Yorkshire and Humberside2,680 care employers
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