Find carers and nurses in Westmorland and Furness

Recruiting in Westmorland and Furness

Finding staff when your nearest carer might live over a fell

Miles, more than numbers, decide who you can hire here. Barrow sits at the end of its peninsula, Kendal draws on the southern Lakes, and Penrith serves a huge and thinly settled rural patch. A carer living in Ulverston may happily cover Barrow but not Kendal, and a rural package near Appleby needs someone who drives and is comfortable with winter roads.

The workforce pool is also older than average. South Lakeland had the highest median age in the North West at the 2021 Census, and its 35 to 49 age band shrank by nearly a fifth over the decade, which narrows the supply of younger staff in the very places demand is rising. Nursing homes compete with Westmorland General and Furness General for registered nurses, and around Penrith with North Cumbria Integrated Care.

A Carer Badge search lets you see who is already living within reach of a remote village before you advertise, rather than waiting on applications from towns too far away to cover it.

91% of the inspected care employers in Westmorland and Furness are rated Good or Outstanding by the CQC, above the 84% across the North West and above England as a whole (85%).