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Recruiting in Leeds

A big home care market across a wide district

With home care agencies far outnumbering care homes, Leeds employers spend much of their recruiting effort on carers willing to cover rounds. The city's large student population and young workforce are a real pool for part time and weekend shifts, though students tend to live close to the universities, which is not always where the visits are.

Outer areas need different thinking. A provider covering Wetherby, Otley or Garforth needs drivers who live out that way, and staff for Pudsey or Farsley may just as easily come from the Bradford side. For nursing homes, Leeds Teaching Hospitals and Leeds Community Healthcare are both large nurse employers, so competition for registered nurses is strong. A home close to St James's or Chapel Allerton may be recruiting from the same streets as the hospitals.

Carer Badge lets a Leeds manager see whether a candidate drives and how far they will go, which matters more for the outer suburbs than for an inner city round.

80% of the inspected care employers in Leeds are rated Good or Outstanding by the CQC, below the 84% across Yorkshire and Humberside and below England as a whole (85%).