84 care employers in Slough could find you

Working in care in Slough

Home care, many languages: what carers should know about Slough

Slough is a small, busy borough wedged between the M4, Windsor and Heathrow, and its care work is almost all home care. Agencies make up the large majority of local care employers, with only a few care homes and a handful of nursing homes, so most jobs here mean visiting people in their own homes across Chalvey, Cippenham, Langley, Britwell and the rest of the town rather than working shifts in one building.

It is one of the youngest and most diverse places in the South East. At the 2021 census Slough's median age was 34, joint second lowest in the region, and 46.7 per cent of residents identified as Asian or Asian British. Plenty of the older people who need care at home will feel most at ease with someone who can speak their first language, so list every language you speak on your profile.

Slough Borough Council's direct payments can be used for a personal assistant chosen by the person themselves. The council's team will help them find and employ a PA, including advertising the vacancy on the council's website and with the job centre, so PA roles do come up locally. Direct payments cannot be used to pay a relative, partner or anyone else who lives with the person.

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust runs Wexham Park Hospital on the northern edge of town, the obvious comparison if you are weighing up NHS healthcare assistant work. Slough and Langley College teaches Health and Social Care in a simulated hospital environment, with courses from a Level 1 pre-access certificate up to Level 3 and a foundation degree for people already working in care.

65% of the inspected care employers in Slough are rated Good or Outstanding by the CQC, below the 84% across the South East and below England as a whole (85%).