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Recruiting in Sandwell

Where to look for carers in a dense, mixed borough

Recruiting in Sandwell is less about distance and more about the right match. The six towns are close together and border Birmingham, Dudley and Walsall, so the pool of carers within a few miles of any service is large, but so is the competition, especially now that the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital is a major employer in Smethwick. Home care dominates the local market, which puts a premium on carers who can turn up reliably for early and late calls.

On each profile you will find the languages a carer speaks along with their postcode district, travel range, driving and when they can work. With a young, fast growing and diverse population, being able to filter by language helps you build packages where the carer and the person receiving care can talk easily. Searching by distance rather than council boundary also brings in people living in Handsworth, Darlaston or Netherton.

Filling nursing home vacancies is quicker because we check nurses against the NMC register.

73% of the inspected care employers in Sandwell are rated Good or Outstanding by the CQC, below the 79% across the West Midlands and below England as a whole (85%).