77 care employers in North Lincolnshire could find you

Working in care in North Lincolnshire

From Scunthorpe to the Isle of Axholme: finding care work in North Lincolnshire

North Lincolnshire is mostly farmland with one large town at its heart. Scunthorpe, the steel town, holds over half of the area's care employers, and the market town of Brigg has a cluster of its own. The rest are scattered: Barton-upon-Humber near the Humber Bridge, Winterton and Kirton in Lindsey, and the villages of the Isle of Axholme such as Epworth and Crowle. Care homes far outnumber home care agencies here, so a residential role near home is often easier to find than a community round.

This is an older area than most. Census 2021 put the median age at 44, four years above England's, and the number of residents aged 65 to 74 rose by about a quarter in ten years while people aged 35 to 49 became fewer. The census also found Poland is now the most common country of birth after England, with Romania and Lithuania rising too, so if you speak Polish or another Eastern European language it is worth listing on your profile.

North Lincolnshire Council's adult services include short term support under its Home First name to help people settle back at home. As across England, people the council assesses as eligible can ask for a direct payment instead of arranged services, and some use it to employ a carer of their own. Check the council's website for local details.

If you are weighing up NHS work, Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust runs Scunthorpe General Hospital. North Lindsey College on Kingsway in Scunthorpe offers Stepping into Care at Level 1, a free online Level 2 Certificate in Preparing to Work in Adult Social Care for eligible adults, and apprenticeships running from Adult Care Worker up to Leader in Adult Care.

81% of the inspected care employers in North Lincolnshire are rated Good or Outstanding by the CQC, below the 84% across Yorkshire and Humberside and below England as a whole (85%).