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Recruiting in York

Hiring carers in a small city with a big student population

York's care market is compact, which cuts both ways. Most carers live close to the services they work for, but the local pool is limited, and employers compete with each other and with York Hospital for the same people. Students are a real source of staff for evenings and weekends, though availability can drop sharply outside term. Nursing homes feel the pressure most, since registered nurses in a city this size have few employers to choose between and the hospital is usually one of them.

The villages inside the York boundary, and the North Yorkshire countryside beyond it, are where rounds get harder. Carers living in Selby, Tadcaster, Easingwold or Pocklington may be closer to an outlying round than someone based in the city centre, and they will not necessarily think to look for York vacancies.

Carer Badge lets a York provider look beyond the ring road to the market towns, where carers who drive may already live nearer to the clients.

87% of the inspected care employers in York are rated Good or Outstanding by the CQC, above the 84% across Yorkshire and Humberside and in line with England as a whole (85%).