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Working in care in Warrington

Halfway between Liverpool and Manchester: what is care work like in Warrington?

Warrington grew fast after it became a new town in 1968, and it still feels like a place built around the car. The M6 and M62 run along its edges, and the borough mixes the older town centre and Bank Quay area with newer estates such as Birchwood and Westbrook, suburbs like Great Sankey, Penketh and Stockton Heath, and villages including Lymm, Culcheth and Burtonwood. Care employers are spread across all of it, with home care agencies the largest group and a good number of nursing homes.

It is getting older. The median age rose from 40 to 42 between the last two censuses, and the number of people aged 50 to 64 jumped by more than 18%. Those are tomorrow's care clients. For you, it means steady demand, but home care rounds that hop between Lymm, Culcheth and the town can be a lot of driving, so be clear about what travel suits you.

Warrington Borough Council allows people to use direct payments to hire a paid carer, which it also calls a personal assistant, giving them more say over who supports them and when. The council also recruits care workers into its own adult social care team, with full training for new starters, so there are public sector care roles alongside private ones.

For NHS work, North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust, formed when the Warrington and Halton hospitals trust merged with Bridgewater Community Healthcare, runs Warrington Hospital and Halton Hospital in Runcorn. Warrington and Vale Royal College has a Health and Social Care Academy at its Warrington campus and runs Level 2 Health and Social Care as well as part time courses for adults.

83% of the inspected care employers in Warrington are rated Good or Outstanding by the CQC, close to the 84% across the North West and in line with England as a whole (85%).