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Who you’re recruiting against
56 care employers recruit in Camden
Most care employers in Camden are home care agencies (80%), followed by care homes (13%) and nursing homes (9%). Carers here can choose between them. A profile search lets you reach people before they apply anywhere else.
Registered services from the Care Quality Commission register, updated regularly. A service registered for both home care and residential care is counted in each.
Recruiting in Camden
Staffing Camden's neighbourhood rounds
Camden's care market is overwhelmingly home care, and the council's neighbourhood model rewards providers whose staff live close to their patch. A round in Gospel Oak or Somers Town works best with carers who can be there in minutes, not people commuting across London. Camden also borders Westminster, Brent, Barnet, Haringey, Islington and the City, and many care workers who serve the borough live in one of those neighbours.
Expectations on pay and conditions are set high locally. The council has backed the Ethical Care Charter since 2014, its contracts specify the London Living Wage for essential care staff, and the CQC found it checks that commissioned workers are paid for travel. Nursing is a smaller part of the local picture, and nurses here can also look to two major teaching trusts, the Royal Free and UCLH, as well as the North Central London Health and Social Care Academy, which the council says has helped more than 220 people into health and care roles.
Looking for carers who live within walking distance of Kentish Town or Camden Town is a sensible first search here.
81% of the inspected care employers in Camden are rated Good or Outstanding by the CQC, below the 88% across London and below England as a whole (85%).
Who else is recruiting near you
Care employers around Camden
Every dot is a CQC-registered care service. We don’t name them, and locations are approximate.
- Home care agencies
- Care homes
- Nursing homes
Questions about recruiting in Camden
Can a carer from Islington or Haringey cover a Camden round?
Often, yes. Camden is small and well connected, so a carer living just over the border can reach many neighbourhoods quickly. It is worth checking how long the journey actually takes at the start of a morning call, not just the distance.
Is there local help with building a care workforce in Camden?
The council works with the other North Central London boroughs on recruitment and retention, including international recruitment and the North Central London Health and Social Care Academy. Capital City College's King's Cross centre also trains health and social care students who may be looking for placements.
Sources for this page
- CQC: Camden local authority assessment, February 2025 (neighbourhood home care model, Ethical Care Charter, London Living Wage and travel pay checks)
- CQC: Camden local authority assessment overview (inner north London, unequal borough, more than 85 languages, West and North London ICB)
- Camden Council: Adult Social Care CQC self-assessment (most older residents live alone, small residential and nursing market, out of borough placements, PA market development, Ethical Care Charter since 2014, NCL Health and Social Care Academy)
- Camden Care Choices: adults direct payments
- NHS: Royal Free Hospital, Pond Street, Hampstead
- University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- NHS: University College Hospital
- Capital City College: Health and Social Care courses (King's Cross Levels 1 to 3, Health T Level)
- Capital City College: Health and Social Care Level 2
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