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255 care employers recruit in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
The biggest group of care employers in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole is home care agencies (49%), followed by care homes (39%) and nursing homes (12%). Carers here can choose between them. A profile search lets you reach people before they apply anywhere else.
Registered services from the Care Quality Commission register, updated regularly. A service registered for both home care and residential care is counted in each.
Recruiting in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Hiring carers across Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Because the three towns form one continuous urban area, carers here will often cross from Poole into Bournemouth or from Bournemouth into Christchurch for the right role. The pool of candidates also extends beyond BCP into Dorset Council's towns such as Ferndown, Wimborne and Verwood, and east into the New Forest side of Hampshire.
With well over a hundred home care agencies in a fairly compact area, a carer weighing up offers has several services within reach, so rounds that sit close to where they live are a real draw. For nursing homes, University Hospitals Dorset is the major employer of nurses locally, and it is reorganising its services so that Royal Bournemouth handles emergencies and Poole handles planned operations.
Searching Carer Badge for carers near your Poole or Christchurch office will include people in Ferndown or the New Forest edge who are happy to travel in, alongside those in the conurbation.
98% of the inspected care employers in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole are rated Good or Outstanding by the CQC, above the 90% across the South West and above England as a whole (85%).
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Care employers around Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Every dot is a CQC-registered care service. We don’t name them, and locations are approximate.
- Home care agencies
- Care homes
- Nursing homes
Questions about recruiting in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Will carers living in Ferndown or Wimborne show up for a Bournemouth service?
Yes, if they fall within your search distance and are willing to travel that far. Those towns are in Dorset Council's area, but the search does not stop at council boundaries.
Is there a local route for training new starters in Bournemouth and Poole?
Bournemouth and Poole College runs Level 1 and Level 2 care courses and an NHS senior healthcare support worker programme, so some candidates will be studying or recently qualified.
Sources for this page
- BCP Council: direct payments
- BCP Council Proud to Care: work as a social care personal assistant (PA register)
- ONS: How life has changed in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, Census 2021 (population, median age)
- University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust: who we are (three hospitals)
- University Hospitals Dorset: our future (Royal Bournemouth emergency centre, Poole planned care, BEACH building)
- NHS Dorset (NHS Dorset Integrated Care Board)
- Bournemouth and Poole College: Health, Care and Science (hospital ward, Health and Social Care Level 2, Level 1 Care)
- Bournemouth and Poole College: NHS Senior Healthcare Support Worker
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