111 care employers in Oldham could find you

Working in care in Oldham

From the town centre to Saddleworth: what does caring in Oldham involve?

Oldham is not one place so much as a cluster of them. The borough takes in the town itself, Chadderton, Royton, Shaw, Failsworth and Lees, then climbs east into the Saddleworth villages on the edge of the Pennines. Home care agencies make up well over half of the local care employers, so a typical day might be a run of calls close together in the terraced streets around the centre, or a longer drive between hill villages where buses are thinner on the ground. Which of those suits you depends a lot on whether you drive.

The borough grew by 7.6% between the 2011 and 2021 censuses, faster than England as a whole, and around a quarter of residents now identify as Asian or Asian British. If you speak Bengali, Urdu, Punjabi or another community language, put it on your profile. An older person who can talk to their carer in the language they grew up with is often far more relaxed during personal care.

Oldham Council supports people to take their care budget as a direct payment, and its support brokerage service helps them identify and recruit their own personal assistant. That means private PA work sits alongside agency and care home jobs here, often with more say over hours.

For NHS roles, the Royal Oldham Hospital is run by the Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust, which also runs hospitals in neighbouring Rochdale, Bury and Salford. Oldham College offers a Level 2 Diploma in Care, an Adult Care Diploma at Level 3 and health and social care apprenticeships from Level 2 upwards, so you can train locally while you work.

88% of the inspected care employers in Oldham are rated Good or Outstanding by the CQC, above the 84% across the North West and above England as a whole (85%).