36 care employers in Hartlepool could find you

Working in care in Hartlepool

A port town of 92,000: is caring in Hartlepool the right fit for you?

Hartlepool is a port town with its own borough council, wrapped around the Headland, the marina and the town centre, with Seaton Carew down the coast and a few villages such as Hart, Elwick and Greatham inland. It is a small care market and an honest one to describe. There are more care homes than anything else, a smaller group of nursing homes, and only a handful of home care agencies, so a lot of the local work is shift based in a home rather than visits on a round.

The town's older population is growing fast. Census figures show the number of residents aged 65 to 74 went up by just over a quarter between 2011 and 2021, while the overall population barely changed at around 92,300. That points to steady demand for care over the coming years.

Hartlepool Borough Council offers direct payments, and its own guidance covers people interviewing and employing carers and personal assistants, with a payroll service to handle a PA's wages, tax and National Insurance. So supporting one person directly is an option here. The council also runs a free, short term reablement service, where reablement officers help people relearn everyday skills at home after illness or a hospital stay.

North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust, part of the University Hospitals Tees group, runs the University Hospital of Hartlepool and the University Hospital of North Tees in Stockton. Hartlepool College of Further Education teaches Health and Social Care at Level 2 in a mock hospital ward and care setting, and runs a T Level in Supporting the Adult Nursing Team with NHS hospital placements for anyone aiming at nursing.

94% of the inspected care employers in Hartlepool are rated Good or Outstanding by the CQC, close to the 93% across the North East and above England as a whole (85%).