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Recruiting in East Sussex

Staffing care homes on an ageing coastline

The pressure on East Sussex employers is demographic. Rother, Eastbourne and Hastings all saw their 65 to 74 population grow by over a fifth between 2011 and 2021, while the 35 to 49 age group shrank, by nearly a fifth in Rother alone. Many coastal homes, in Bexhill above all, are recruiting from a working age pool that is shrinking around them, and nursing homes are competing with the Conquest and Eastbourne District General for nurses.

Travel along the coast is relatively easy, so a carer in Hastings may cover Bexhill and one in Seaford may cover Eastbourne. Inland services in the Weald depend more on drivers, and Crowborough or Uckfield employers may find candidates in Tunbridge Wells as readily as in East Sussex.

Carer Badge shows when each local carer is available, so a Bexhill or Seaford home can find people open to nights or weekends without waiting for applications to arrive.

87% of the inspected care employers in East Sussex are rated Good or Outstanding by the CQC, above the 84% across the South East and in line with England as a whole (85%).