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Working in care in Blackburn with Darwen

Two towns, one borough: where does care work happen in Blackburn with Darwen?

Blackburn with Darwen is a small borough with two distinct centres. Blackburn is by far the bigger of the two and holds most of the local care employers, while Darwen, to the south towards Bolton, has its own smaller cluster. Home care agencies make up roughly half of the providers here, so much of the day is spent calling on people in terraced streets and estates across both towns rather than staying on one site.

This is a younger place than many parts of Lancashire. Census 2021 put the median age at just 36, yet its 50 to 64 age band grew by about 12% in ten years. That middle-aged group is the next generation needing support at home. Its communities are varied, too: in 2021 some 35.7% of residents gave their ethnic group as Asian or Asian British, and 35% described themselves as Muslim. Carers who share a language, faith or culture with the families they visit are valued, so put those details on your profile.

Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council offers direct payments, and its own guidance gives the example of someone employing their own personal assistant to get help at the times they choose. Alongside that sits a CQC registered Shared Lives scheme, run by the council itself, where approved carers welcome an adult into their family home for long stays, short breaks or daytime support.

If hospital work tempts you, East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust runs the Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital. Blackburn College lists social care and health and social care among its course areas.

87% of the inspected care employers in Blackburn with Darwen are rated Good or Outstanding by the CQC, above the 84% across the North West and in line with England as a whole (85%).