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Who you’re recruiting against
127 care employers recruit in Barnsley
The biggest group of care employers in Barnsley is care homes (46%), followed by home care agencies (44%) and nursing homes (10%). 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 Barnsley
What Barnsley employers should know about local recruitment
Much of the borough's care work is in Barnsley town and the former mining communities around it, where many carers live within a short drive or bus ride of their shifts. The western side around Penistone is thinner on both services and staff, and those rounds tend to need drivers who already live out that way.
Barnsley also has a well supported personal assistant workforce. The council trains employed PAs in the Care Certificate and encourages people to work for more than one individual employer, so some experienced carers here mix PA hours with agency or care home shifts. Offering hours that fit around that can make your vacancy more attractive.
Nursing homes recruit alongside Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, and Sheffield, Wakefield and Rotherham are all within commuting distance, so local nurses have choices. Carer Badge lets you spot carers in Hoyland, Wombwell or the Dearne who are already a short hop from your service.
88% of the inspected care employers in Barnsley are rated Good or Outstanding by the CQC, above the 84% across Yorkshire and Humberside and above England as a whole (85%).
Who else is recruiting near you
Care employers around Barnsley
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 Barnsley
Will carers who already hold the Care Certificate be easy to find in Barnsley?
Many local PAs will have completed it, because Barnsley Council offers the full Care Certificate eLearning programme to employed personal assistants. Check each carer's profile for the training they list.
Can I recruit from Rotherham or Wakefield for a Barnsley service?
Yes. Search is not limited to the borough, so carers in nearby towns who are willing to make the journey will appear alongside Barnsley residents.
Sources for this page
- Barnsley Council: personal budgets for adult social care (direct payments, employing a PA)
- Barnsley Council: become a personal assistant (PA)
- Barnsley Council: training and support for personal assistants (Care Certificate eLearning)
- Barnsley Council: personal assistant (PA) code of conduct
- ONS: How life has changed in Barnsley, Census 2021 (median age 42)
- Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (Gawber Road)
- NHS South Yorkshire ICB
- Barnsley College: health and social care courses
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