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Working in care in Windsor and Maidenhead

Maidenhead, Windsor or Ascot: where does care work sit in the Royal Borough?

The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead runs along the Thames in east Berkshire, with two sizeable towns, Ascot to the south and villages such as Cookham, Datchet and Sunningdale in between. Maidenhead has the largest share of care employers, close to half of them, with Windsor second and Ascot a smaller third. Nursing homes are a bigger part of the mix here than in many areas, so there is real demand for carers who are happy working alongside nurses with people whose health needs are complex.

The population leans slightly older than England as a whole. Census 2021 figures from the ONS put the borough's median age at 42, two years above the national figure, and almost three in every hundred residents were aged 85 or over. That age group is the one most likely to need help at home or a place in a care home.

The council's adult social care pages explain that a personal budget can pay for support such as home care or a personal assistant, and that people can take it as a direct payment and organise that support themselves. So some households in the borough hire their own PA, which can suit a carer who wants settled hours with one person close to home.

If you are weighing up hospital work, Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust runs Heatherwood Hospital in Ascot and Wexham Park Hospital near Slough, while Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust works from St Mark's Hospital in Maidenhead and King Edward VII Hospital in Windsor. For training, Berkshire College of Agriculture, part of Windsor Forest Colleges Group, teaches a Level 2 NCFE CACHE Diploma in Health and Social Care at its Maidenhead campus, with industry placement weeks built in.

71% of the inspected care employers in Windsor and Maidenhead are rated Good or Outstanding by the CQC, below the 84% across the South East and below England as a whole (85%).