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Working in care in Stockport

Stockport has its own route into care work. Here is what to know

Stockport is a borough of distinct neighbourhoods rather than one town: Reddish and Heaton Moor to the north, Cheadle and Bramhall to the west and south, Hazel Grove in the middle, and Marple and Romiley out to the hillier east. Cheadle has more care employers than anywhere outside the town centre, and across the borough home care agencies outnumber care homes. It is an older place than its neighbours, with a median age of 42 at the 2021 census and around 4,400 more people aged 65 to 74 than ten years earlier.

What makes Stockport unusual is the One Stockport Health and Social Care Career Academy, set up by the Trafford and Stockport College Group with Stockport Council. It is a three week programme with accredited training, employment support and guaranteed interviews, and in its first cohort seven of the sixteen learners who finished had job offers. If you are new to care, it is a structured way in.

Stockport Council's direct payments let people choose who helps them, how and when, and its guidance covers hiring a personal assistant, with an employers handbook for those who do. So private PA work sits alongside agency and care home jobs. Since January 2025 Stockport's buses have been part of the Bee Network, which helps carers who don't drive, though rounds in Marple or Bramhall often still suit a car.

For NHS roles, Stepping Hill Hospital in Hazel Grove is run by Stockport NHS Foundation Trust and sits right in the middle of the borough.

78% of the inspected care employers in Stockport are rated Good or Outstanding by the CQC, below the 84% across the North West and below England as a whole (85%).