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Recruiting in Leicester

Recruiting carers in Leicester: look just over the city line

Leicester's care market leans heavily towards home care, and the city is compact enough that many carers can reach a round by bus or a short drive. The boundary is tight, though. Places such as Oadby and Wigston sit in Leicestershire County rather than the city, so a strong candidate for a city round may live just over the line, and a radius search around your service finds them where a council area search would not.

Language is a real asset here. Around three in ten residents do not speak English as their main language, with Gujarati and Panjabi among the most spoken, so a carer who can talk with someone in their first language can make a care package work better for everyone. Carer Badge profiles show the languages a carer speaks next to their postcode district, travel distance, driving and availability, and you can filter by language when you search.

Nursing homes get one extra reassurance: we verify nurses' NMC registration ourselves. With University Hospitals of Leicester also recruiting nurses across its three hospitals, being able to find nurses who already live nearby saves time.

79% of the inspected care employers in Leicester are rated Good or Outstanding by the CQC, below the 82% across the East Midlands and below England as a whole (85%).