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Hills, trams and home visits: caring for people in Sheffield

Sheffield is a big city built on steep hills, with the Peak District on its western edge. Home care is the largest part of its care sector, with agencies making up over half of local employers, and the work reaches every corner, from inner suburbs like Sharrow and Burngreave to Stocksbridge and the villages out towards Bradfield. The Supertram and a dense bus network cover many neighbourhoods, but climbing between visits on foot is hard going, so think honestly about how you will get from call to call.

It is a young city overall. Census 2021 put the median age at 37, three years below England's, and around one resident in ten was a full time student. That makes Sheffield a place where plenty of care workers combine shifts with study, while older residents in established suburbs such as Hillsborough, Woodseats or Beighton still need daily support.

Sheffield City Council says many people on direct payments use them to employ their own personal assistants instead of an agency. It runs a free Direct Payment Support Service, with a phone line, email and a Tuesday drop in at First Point in Howden House on Union Street, and points individual employers and PAs to Disability Sheffield for further support. Personal assistant roles are therefore a well established part of care work here.

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust runs the Northern General, the Royal Hallamshire, Weston Park cancer centre and the Jessop Wing, so NHS support roles are plentiful. The Sheffield College teaches Health and Social Care at its City and Hillsborough campuses and offers the Supporting the Adult Nursing Team T Level at City Campus.

90% of the inspected care employers in Sheffield are rated Good or Outstanding by the CQC, above the 84% across Yorkshire and Humberside and above England as a whole (85%).