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Recruiting in Northumberland

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Recruitment here is shaped by distance more than anything else. A care home in Berwick or Haltwhistle is a long way from the populated south east, and people who live near it are few, while services in Cramlington, Blyth and Ashington compete with Tyneside employers a short drive away. Working age residents are thinning out too: the 35 to 49 age group fell by about 16% between the 2011 and 2021 censuses.

Nursing homes make up a sizeable share of the county's care employers, and Northumbria Healthcare, with major hospitals at Ashington, Hexham and Cramlington and community hospitals across the county, is recruiting nurses and healthcare assistants from the same towns.

The new Northumberland Line has widened the area that car free staff can reach from Newcastle and the south east. For the rural west and north, though, the right carer is usually someone who already lives in the valley or along the coast road, and Carer Badge lets you look outward from your own front door to find them.

92% of the inspected care employers in Northumberland are rated Good or Outstanding by the CQC, close to the 93% across the North East and above England as a whole (85%).