132 care employers in Hull could find you

Working in care in Hull

Why care work in Hull often means working close to home

Hull is a tightly drawn city on the north bank of the Humber, with the East Riding pressing in on every landward side. Nearly 270,000 people live inside that boundary, according to Census 2021, and almost every local care employer has a Hull address. Care homes slightly outnumber home care agencies, and only a small number of homes provide nursing, so most roles are residential or home care rather than clinical.

This is a young city. The ONS found Hull's median age stayed at 36 between the last two censuses, the joint lowest in Yorkshire and the Humber and four years below England. That gives employers a large local pool of working age people to draw on, and gives carers the chance to find a job within a short bus ride or walk rather than a long drive. Saying exactly which part of the city you live in, from Orchard Park to Bilton Grange, helps.

Hull City Council's Live Well Hull site explains that a personal budget can come as a council arranged service, a direct payment or an individual service fund, or a mix of these. Anyone who uses one to employ a personal care assistant takes on the employer's tasks, from checking references, DBS and right to work to arranging cover when their PA is off.

For NHS roles, Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust runs Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital and now works within NHS Humber Health Partnership. Hull College teaches Health and Social Care at Levels 2 and 3, with hospital ward training rooms and a mock ambulance.

78% of the inspected care employers in Hull are rated Good or Outstanding by the CQC, below the 84% across Yorkshire and Humberside and below England as a whole (85%).