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Recruiting in Oldham

Recruiting care staff across the Oldham borough

Most of Oldham's care providers are home care agencies, and the borough's shape makes rota planning tricky. Calls in Failsworth, Chadderton and the town centre can be covered by carers who walk or use the bus and Metrolink, but Saddleworth and the upland edges really need drivers. Matching people to patches by where they actually live saves a lot of wasted mileage and missed calls.

Two census findings are worth knowing. Around a quarter of residents are of Asian heritage, so carers who share a language with the people you support are a real strength. And the share of residents not working because they look after home or family rose from 5.2% to 7.4%, which points to people who might return to work if hours fit around school runs. A Carer Badge search lets you pick out Bengali or Urdu speakers living on your side of the borough.

Nursing homes are a smaller part of the picture here, and they compete for nurses with the Royal Oldham Hospital. If you would rather grow your own staff, Oldham College runs health and social care apprenticeships from Level 2 to Level 5.

88% of the inspected care employers in Oldham are rated Good or Outstanding by the CQC, above the 84% across the North West and above England as a whole (85%).