588 care employers in Birmingham could find you

Working in care in Birmingham

Birmingham has more care employers than most counties. Where do you fit?

Around 1.14 million people lived in Birmingham at the last census, and its care sector is on the same scale. Home care services make up more than half of the city's care employers, which tells you that much of the work is in people's own homes, spread across neighbourhoods from Handsworth and Erdington to Hall Green and Northfield. Sutton Coldfield in the north of the city has its own sizeable group of providers, so if you live there you may not need to travel into the centre at all.

This is a young, mixed city. The median age at the 2021 census was 34, six years below England's, and around three in ten residents described their ethnic group as Asian, with about one in ten Black. Many older people here would feel more comfortable with a carer who speaks Urdu, Punjabi, Bengali or another community language, so list every language you speak on your profile.

Getting about without a car is more realistic here than in most places. Transport for West Midlands brings buses, the West Midlands Metro and local trains under one journey planner, though early and late calls can still be easier if you drive.

Birmingham City Council pays direct payments on a prepaid card, and its guidance says people can use them to employ a personal assistant for help with washing and dressing, while other support stays council arranged. It does not allow payment to a close relative who lives with the person. For NHS comparison, University Hospitals Birmingham runs the Queen Elizabeth, Heartlands, Good Hope and Solihull hospitals. South and City College Birmingham offers part time online Level 2 and Level 3 Health and Social Care workplace diplomas for adults.

75% of the inspected care employers in Birmingham are rated Good or Outstanding by the CQC, below the 79% across the West Midlands and below England as a whole (85%).