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Recruiting in Worcestershire

Worcestershire recruitment: towns close to Birmingham, villages far from anywhere

Employers in Redditch and Bromsgrove recruit from a labour market that spills into south Birmingham, where carers have plenty of choice and may weigh up commuting against working nearer home. In the west and south of the county the problem flips: around Malvern, Tenbury and the Vale of Evesham there are fewer carers to begin with, and rounds stretch across farmland and small villages.

The older population in Malvern Hills, with a median age of 50 at the last census, means demand there is unlikely to ease. Nursing homes also compete with Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, which runs hospitals in Worcester, Redditch and Kidderminster, for registered nurses.

A useful habit is to recruit for each town rather than for the county as a whole, because a carer happy to cover Evesham may never consider Kidderminster. Carer Badge helps you find people living close to a particular cluster of services, so a Malvern home can look for local staff without wading through Birmingham applicants.

86% of the inspected care employers in Worcestershire are rated Good or Outstanding by the CQC, above the 79% across the West Midlands and in line with England as a whole (85%).