103 care employers in Wigan could find you

Working in care in Wigan

Wigan, Leigh and the towns in between: where does care work happen in this borough?

Wigan is a borough rather than one town. The 2021 Census counted roughly 329,000 residents, spread across Wigan itself, Leigh and a ring of smaller places such as Atherton, Tyldesley, Hindley, Standish and Ashton-in-Makerfield. ONS ranks it in the top 35% of English areas for density, which means home care visits are usually closer together than in rural Lancashire, though getting from the Wigan side to the Leigh side can still take a while at busy times. Leigh, the second centre, is the one town the employer figures single out.

Home care is the biggest single part of the local market, and roughly one employer in four is a nursing home. That gives a newer carer a choice between visits in people's homes and a more clinical setting where nurses lead the shift.

Wigan Council runs its own in house direct payments team. Its pages say the team can arrange DBS checks for people who take on a personal assistant, help them advertise and interview, and set up e-learning for the assistant from a training budget. Its rules stop a household member being paid this way, yet PA work for people you do not live with is a real local option.

On the NHS side, Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals runs the Royal Albert Edward Infirmary in Wigan, Leigh Infirmary and Wrightington Hospital, and also provides community health services across the borough. Wigan and Leigh College runs care apprenticeships at two levels and has a Centre of Excellence in Health and Social Care with clinical skills wards.

93% of the inspected care employers in Wigan are rated Good or Outstanding by the CQC, above the 84% across the North West and above England as a whole (85%).