121 care employers in Newcastle upon Tyne could find you

Working in care in Newcastle upon Tyne

Fitting care work around city life in Newcastle

Newcastle is the youngest place in the North East. Its median age was 34 at the 2021 census, the lowest in the region, and it grew faster than anywhere else in the North East over the previous decade, to around 300,000 people. Two universities help explain that, and a lot of students and graduates pick up care shifts alongside study. Older residents are growing in number too: people aged 65 to 74 rose by about a quarter between the two censuses.

What stands out in the local figures is nursing. Newcastle has an unusually high share of nursing homes among its care employers, sitting alongside a large home care sector and a smaller group of residential homes. If you are a nurse, or a carer thinking about nursing later, that is worth knowing. Getting around is also easier than in most of the region, because the Tyne and Wear Metro and city bus routes reach most neighbourhoods.

Newcastle City Council lets people spend direct payments on a personal assistant of their choosing, whether someone they already know or someone they recruit, though not a close relative under the same roof. The council funds Disability North to help people recruit and employ PAs, and the charity runs a PA Hub where personal assistant jobs across the region are advertised.

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, one of the largest teaching trusts in the UK, runs the Royal Victoria Infirmary and the Freeman Hospital. Newcastle College's Rye Hill campus has part time courses for adults including a Level 2 Diploma in Health and Care, a Level 3 Diploma in Adult Care and a dementia care short course, plus an Access to HE route into nursing and midwifery.

91% of the inspected care employers in Newcastle upon Tyne are rated Good or Outstanding by the CQC, close to the 93% across the North East and above England as a whole (85%).