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Working in care in Shropshire

From Oswestry to Ludlow: what does care work look like across Shropshire?

Shropshire is a big rural county held together by one county town. Shrewsbury has close to half of the area's care employers, and the rest are scattered between market towns that sit a long way apart: Ludlow in the south, Oswestry near the Welsh border, Market Drayton and Whitchurch in the north, and Bridgnorth to the east. Home care agencies and care homes are roughly level in number, with a good number of nursing homes too, so whether you prefer visiting people at home or working on a unit, there are options near most towns.

Age shapes the work here. Shropshire's median age rose from 44 to 48 between the 2011 and 2021 censuses, eight years above the figure for England, while the number of people aged 35 to 49 fell by roughly 9,600. More older residents and fewer people in mid career means care employers are keen to hear from anyone local, and from drivers in particular, since village calls between the towns are hard without a car.

Shropshire Council makes it easy to put yourself forward as a personal assistant. People on direct payments can employ a PA themselves, and the council keeps a PA noticeboard that carers can join by emailing pa.noticeboard@shropshire.gov.uk. The council and Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust also run Integrated Community Services together, a seven day team that helps people home from hospital and supports them to stay there.

Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust runs the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and the Princess Royal Hospital in Telford. To train, Shrewsbury College offers Level 3 Health and Social Care and a T Level in supporting adult nursing, and Herefordshire, Ludlow and North Shropshire College runs Access to HE in Health Professions and an Adult Care Level 4 Diploma at its North Shropshire campus.

83% of the inspected care employers in Shropshire are rated Good or Outstanding by the CQC, above the 79% across the West Midlands and in line with England as a whole (85%).