How do I arrange a care needs assessment in Newark?

Contact Nottinghamshire County Council, the authority responsible for adult social care assessments covering Newark, and ask for a care needs assessment. The request can come from the person needing care, from a relative or friend acting on their behalf, or from a hospital team arranging a safe discharge. It is free and does not depend on income or savings, so there is nothing to be gained by delaying it. The written record of eligible needs it produces is the document every later funding decision rests upon.

Can Nottinghamshire County Council help pay for home care?

It can, where a care needs assessment identifies eligible needs and a financial assessment shows capital below the national upper threshold. For care provided at home the value of the property the person lives in is disregarded, which often makes support more accessible than it is for a residential placement. Where the council contributes, the person pays an assessed amount from their income towards the cost. Nottinghamshire County Council can also arrange a direct payment so that the individual chooses and employs the agency themselves.

Which home care agencies in Newark are listed on Care Assura?

Twenty six home care agencies registered with the Care Quality Commission appear for Newark, among them Helping Hands Newark, Adicare, Silver Service Carers Ltd, SureCare Newark and Weldon Homecare Services Limited. Each has its own profile giving registration details and any current inspection rating. The listing reflects current registration data rather than a selection made by Care Assura, so agencies appear whether or not they have been rated. Opening a profile is the quickest way to reach the inspection report where one has been published.

What is the difference between a care home and a nursing home?

A residential care home provides accommodation with personal care, meaning help with washing, dressing, eating, medication and the routine of the day. A nursing home offers all of that alongside clinical care from registered nurses based on the premises at every hour. Home care is a different option again, bringing that support to someone in their own house rather than moving them anywhere. Families often begin with care at home and look at a residential move only when needs outgrow what visiting carers can safely manage.

How far in advance should we start looking for home care?

Beginning before the situation turns urgent gives you time to compare agencies properly rather than take the first with availability. The most sought after slots in Newark, particularly early mornings and evenings, are booked well ahead, and a council assessment takes time to arrange in its own right. Where care is needed straight after a hospital stay the timescale can shrink to days, which is exactly when earlier groundwork proves its value. Even a short list of agencies you have already spoken to makes that moment far easier.

What should I ask a home care agency in Newark before signing up?

Begin with continuity and cover: how many different carers a person would see in a typical week, how sickness and holidays are handled, and what happens when a visit runs late. Ask how care workers are trained for the specific needs involved, whether the same team covers weekends, and who can be reached out of hours. Go through the charges in detail, including hourly and visit rates, weekend uplifts, minimum call lengths and notice periods. Ask as well how the care plan is reviewed and how a concern is raised.

Home Care in Newark

Newark has 26 CQC registered home care agencies. 14 are rated Good, 1 Outstanding, 1 Requires improvement, and 10 have not yet been rated. 13 of the 26 were last inspected more than three years ago.

Source: Care Quality Commission register, kept up to date as ratings change.

Newark at a glance

What the local numbers say about home care in Newark, to help you judge the options below.

Hourly care visits, East Midlands: £30.58 to £32.23 an hour. Middle half of prices from 7 agencies.
People aged 75 and over: 15,500. Rising to 18,300 by 2035, up 18%
Living with dementia, aged 65 and over (estimate): 2,000. Rising to 2,500 by 2035, up 28%
People aged 85 and over: 3,800. Rising to 5,900 by 2035, up 56%
Dementia diagnosis rate: 53%. The NHS ambition is 67%. Nottinghamshire as a whole is 69%.
Agencies in the borough, last 12 months: 1 opened, 1 closed. 23 registered today.
Choice of agencies: 40 within 10 miles. In a typical neighbourhood. The nearest is under a mile away (0.7 miles).

Powered by Orrery Intelligence. Market model built 22 October 2026 (ONS 2022 based population projections, CQC register), published care home prices, council planning records.

Arranging and Funding Care at Home in Newark

Working out who pays, and how much, tends to shape the choice of agency as much as anything else, which is a good reason to start that process alongside the search rather than after it.

Asking for a Care Needs Assessment

Anyone who appears to need care and support can ask for a free assessment, whatever their savings. It looks at the ordinary business of the day, from washing and dressing to eating, moving about safely, managing medication and staying in touch with people, and it produces a written record of eligible needs. Nottinghamshire County Council Adult Social Care is responsible for carrying out that assessment and for arranging funded support where a person is eligible, and the request may come from the individual, a relative acting for them, or a hospital team planning a discharge. Anyone already shouldering most of the caring can ask for a separate carer's assessment of their own.

What the Council Contributes

A financial assessment follows, considering income and savings. For care given at home the value of the property the person lives in is left out of that calculation, which often makes support easier to obtain than it would be for a residential move. Where capital falls below the national upper threshold the council contributes towards the cost while the person pays an assessed amount from income. Some people take that funding as a direct payment and choose their own agency, which widens the field considerably.

How Agencies Charge

Charges are set by the hour or by the visit, usually at a higher rate at weekends and on bank holidays, and they differ from agency to agency. Ask what a half hour call actually costs once minimum charges and travel are counted, how much notice is needed to change or cancel a visit, and how often rates are reviewed. Have those answers in writing before care begins.

Choosing a Home Care Agency in Newark

What the Ratings Show

Sixteen of the twenty six agencies carry a published judgement, one of them Outstanding, and ten do not. An absent rating is not a warning in itself, since it usually means the agency registered too recently to have been inspected. Where a report exists, note its date and read the five key questions individually rather than the overall word. Where none exists, ask the manager how long the agency has operated, how staff are recruited and trained, and whether existing clients can be approached for a reference.

Reliability and Continuity

Reliability is what families end up judging an agency on. Ask how many different carers a person would see in a normal week, how visits are covered during sickness and holidays, what happens when a carer runs late and whether anyone tells you. Ask who can be reached out of hours and how quickly a manager answers a concern. Short, specific answers count for a great deal more than a polished brochure.

Matching the Package to the Need

Set down what a typical week actually requires before ringing anybody: getting up and dressed, help with medication, meals, shopping, support at bedtime, company, or a break for whoever is doing most of the caring now. Check that the agency can genuinely staff the times you need, especially early mornings, evenings and weekends. Ask whether it takes on more demanding work such as dementia support, hoisting or care at the end of life, since not every agency is equipped for it.

26 home care in Newark

Home Office · 4 Staple Lane, Newark, Nottinghamshire, NG24 3JQ
Home care · Run by KellyCare Newark Ltd
We are a home care agency based in Newark, supporting people in their own homes across this part of Nottinghamshire. We work with older people and with younger adults who need support to manage daily life. Nearly everyone who contacts us...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Younger Adults
Start Service - and Bassetlaw Locality · Welbeck House, Newark, Nottinghamshire, NG22 9FF
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Nottinghamshire County Council
We provide short term support at home across Newark and the Bassetlaw area, working with older people and with younger adults. People usually come to us at the point where something has changed: a spell in hospital, a fall, an illness or a...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Younger Adults
Helping Hands · 1A Appleton Gate, Newark, Nottinghamshire, NG24 1JR
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Midshires Care Limited
We are Helping Hands Newark, and we provide care and support to people in their own homes in Newark and the surrounding parts of Nottinghamshire. Our visits run from a short call to help somebody start the day through to longer periods of...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Care Pilot · Hexgreave Hall Estate, Newark, Nottinghamshire, NG22 8LS
Home care · Run by Care Pilot Limited
We at Care Pilot are proud to offer compassionate home care across Newark and the surrounding Nottinghamshire community, supporting people to live safely, comfortably and independently within the place they know and love best: their own...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Loxbridge Plus Care · Unit 1, Newark, Lincolnshire, NG23 5JR
Home care · Run by Loxbridge Plus Care Ltd
Loxbridge Plus Care supports people in their own homes in and around Newark. We work with older people and younger adults, with people living with dementia or mental ill health, with people who have physical disabilities or sensory loss,...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Alcohol / Drug Misuse
Responsive Care Group · The Grange, Newark, Nottinghamshire, NG23 6LQ
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Responsive Care Group Ltd
Responsive Care Group in Newark supports people in their own homes across Newark and the surrounding parts of Nottinghamshire. We work with older people and younger adults, with people living with dementia, with adults who have a learning...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Helping at Home · 65 London Road, Newark, Nottinghamshire, NG24 1RZ
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Helping at Home Ltd
Helping at Home provides care and support in people's own homes across Newark and the surrounding parts of Nottinghamshire. We visit older people and younger adults. A call may involve help with washing and dressing, prompting or giving...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Stamford Healthcare · 19 Faraday Avenue, Newark, Nottinghamshire, NG22 0HT
Home care · Run by Stamford Healthcare Limited
Stamford Healthcare is a home care agency supporting people in and around Newark in Nottinghamshire. We visit people in their own homes, arranging calls around existing routines rather than around what is convenient for a rota, and we work...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Younger Adults
Eden Futures = Regional Office · Building B, Newark, Nottinghamshire, NG24 1HD
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Eden Supported Living Limited
We provide care and support at home for people across Newark and the surrounding parts of Nottinghamshire. Our support goes to a broad group of people, including older people, people living with dementia, adults with a learning disability...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Mencap - Domiciliary Care Agency · Link Suite, Newark, Nottinghamshire, NG24 1BS
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Royal Mencap Society
Our Newark domiciliary care agency, part of Mencap, supports adults in their own homes across Newark and the surrounding part of Nottinghamshire. Most of the people we work with are adults with a learning disability and autistic adults,...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Younger Adults
Adicare · 4 Carter Gate, Newark, Nottinghamshire, NG24 1UB
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Art Support Limited
Here at Adicare, we provide home care support to people living in Newark, Nottinghamshire and the surrounding area. Our work centres on helping individuals remain in the comfort and familiarity of their own homes, living as independently...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Broadleaves · The Broadleaves, Newark, Nottinghamshire, NG22 9QD
Home care · Run by Fosse Healthcare Limited
Broadleaves supports people in their own homes in and around Newark, Nottinghamshire. We work with older people, adults living with dementia, those managing a mental health condition, people with a physical disability, people living with a...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Reach Learning Disability Care C.I.C · Office 18, Newark, Nottinghamshire, NG24 2TN
Home care · CQC Outstanding · Run by Reach Learning Disability Care C.I.C.
Reach Learning Disability Care supports adults in their own homes in Newark and the surrounding part of Nottinghamshire. We work with younger adults, adults with learning disabilities and autism, people with physical disabilities and...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Centricorp Care · 33 Cambridge Meadows, Newark, Nottinghamshire, NG24 2GU
Home care · Run by Centricorp Resources Limited
Centricorp Care provides support at home for people in Newark and the surrounding parts of Nottinghamshire. We support a fairly broad range of needs, and what links the work is shaping the support around the person rather than around a...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders
Weldon Homecare Services · 44 Winthorpe Road, Newark, Nottinghamshire, NG24 2AB
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Weldon Homecare Services Limited
Weldon Homecare provides care at home in Newark and the surrounding parts of Nottinghamshire. We support older adults and younger adults, people living with dementia, and people with a physical disability. Most people who contact us are...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Bluebird Care (and Sherwood) · Unit 11, Newark, Nottinghamshire, NG24 2TQ
Home care · CQC Good · Run by AJSS Limited
We are Bluebird Care in Newark and Sherwood, and we provide care in people's own homes across the area. We support older people, including many living with dementia, people with physical disabilities, people living with sight or hearing...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Helping Hands Team · Unit 3, Newark, Nottinghamshire, NG22 9PL
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Mrs Tammy Ann Bunyan
Helping Hands Team provides care to people in their own homes in Newark and across Nottinghamshire. We support older people, people living with dementia, people managing mental health conditions, people with a physical disability and...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Fosse Healthcare - Armstrong Gardens · Burton Court Community Centre, Newark, Nottinghamshire, NG22 8QP
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Fosse Healthcare Limited
We at Fosse Healthcare Armstrong Gardens are proud to provide compassionate home care across Newark and the wider Nottinghamshire community, supporting people to live well and safely in the place they know best: their own home. Based in...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Alcohol / Drug Misuse
Fosse Healthcare · Unit 1-2, Newark, Nottinghamshire, NG24 2TQ
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Fosse Healthcare Limited
We are Fosse Healthcare in Newark, and our work takes us into people's own homes across the town and the surrounding parts of Nottinghamshire. Home care suits people who want to stay where they feel most themselves, surrounded by their own...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Alcohol / Drug Misuse
Silver Service Carers · Grove House, Newark, Nottinghamshire, NG23 6QJ
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Silver Service Carers Ltd
We are Silver Service Carers, a home care agency working in Newark and the surrounding part of Nottinghamshire. We provide care and support to adults in their own homes. We have kept our focus deliberately narrow. Home care is what we do,...
Guardian Angel Carers Lincoln · Unit 5 & 7, Newark, Nottinghamshire, NG24 2TT
Home care · Run by T.E.A.M. JS LTD
We at Guardian Angel Carers Lincoln & Newark are proud to offer compassionate home care across Newark and the surrounding Nottinghamshire communities, bringing professional support directly into the place people love most: their own home....
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Gladstone House · Lord Hawke Way, Newark, Nottinghamshire, NG24 4FH
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Fosse Healthcare Limited
We at Gladstone House are proud to provide compassionate home care across Newark and the surrounding Nottinghamshire communities, supporting individuals to live safely and comfortably in the place they know best: their own home. Based in...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Bhandal Homecare · 1 Darwin Court, Newark, Nottinghamshire, NG22 9FE
Home care · CQC Requires improvement · Run by Bhandal Care Group (BSB Care) Ltd
We at Bhandal Homecare are proud to provide compassionate home care across Newark and the surrounding communities in Nottinghamshire, supporting people to live well and safely in the place they know best: their own home. Based in the NG...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
SureCare · Suite 4, Newark, Nottinghamshire, NG24 1BS
Home care · Run by Crosby Community Care Limited
We at SureCare Newark are proud to provide compassionate home care across Newark and the wider Nottinghamshire community, supporting people to live well and safely in the place they know best: their own home. As a dedicated home care...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
SUPPORT SOLUTIONS HEALTHCARE · Suite MR, Newark, Lincolnshire, NG23 5DJ
Home care · Run by Support Solutions Healthcare Limited
We at Support Solutions Healthcare are proud to offer trusted home care across Newark and the surrounding communities, bringing compassionate, personalised support directly to people in the place they love most: their own homes. As a...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
North Community Service · Pump Cottage, Newark, Nottinghamshire, NG22 0RS
Home care · Run by Lifeline Support Service
We at North Nottinghamshire Community Service are proud to provide compassionate home care across Newark and the surrounding Nottinghamshire communities, supporting people to live well and safely in the place they know best: their own...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults

What home care costs

Type of care	What it costs
Hourly care visits, East Midlands Middle half of prices from 7 agencies. Median £31.00. Shown for East Midlands because too few Nottinghamshire agencies publish a rate.	£30.58 to £32.23 an hour
What Nottinghamshire pays Average hourly rate, October 2026.	£26.02 an hour
Homecare Association minimum price 2026 to 2027. The Association's estimate of the lowest price that covers the cost of delivering care. It is not a legal minimum.	£34.42 an hour
Live in care, England Middle half of prices from 62 agencies. Median £1,455.	£1,250 to £1,668 a week

Published prices come from agencies that publish rates, so treat them as a guide. Ask the agency for its own price. Powered by Orrery Intelligence.

Inspected most recently

Weldon Homecare Services Limited, 14 April 2026, Good
Helping at Home, 20 November 2025, Good
Care Pilot Limited, 13 May 2025, Not yet rated

Longest since a report

Fosse Healthcare - Newark, 1 December 2018, Good
Reach Learning Disability Care C.I.C, 18 December 2018, Outstanding
Start Service - Newark and Bassetlaw Locality, 3 July 2019, Good

Frequently asked questions about home care in Newark

How many home care agencies are there in Newark?

Newark has 26 CQC registered home care agencies: 1 Outstanding, 14 Good, 1 Requires improvement, 10 not yet rated. Counts come from the CQC register and are kept up to date as ratings change.

How much does home care cost in Newark?

Hourly care visits, East Midlands: £30.58 to £32.23 an hour. Middle half of prices from 7 agencies. Median £31.00. Shown for East Midlands because too few Nottinghamshire agencies publish a rate. Published prices come from agencies that publish rates, so treat them as a guide. Ask the agency for its own price.

Which home care agencies in Newark were inspected most recently?

Weldon Homecare Services Limited (14 April 2026), Helping at Home (20 November 2025) and Care Pilot Limited (13 May 2025) have the most recent CQC reports.