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Recruiting in Cheshire East

Cheshire East recruitment: covering the gaps between towns

The hardest posts to fill here are often the rural ones. Good candidates may live in the larger towns, or just beyond the borough in Stoke-on-Trent, Newcastle-under-Lyme or the Manchester suburbs, while clients may be in villages far from a bus route. Drivers are valuable, and so is anyone living close to a cluster of existing clients. Personal assistant roles funded by direct payments also draw on the same pool of local carers.

Nursing recruitment is a bigger issue than in most areas, because so many local services are nursing homes. They compete with Leighton Hospital and Macclesfield District General Hospital for the same registered nurses. Cheshire College South and West and Macclesfield College both run simulated ward training, which helps when you are bringing in newer carers to work alongside nurses.

On Carer Badge, the people who already live near your Nantwich, Wilmslow or Congleton service can be found and contacted directly, which is often faster than waiting for applicants from further away.

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