Home Care in Northumberland
Deciding between home care agencies in Northumberland means working out how much support can realistically be brought into the house, and then picking from an unusually strong local field. Forty two agencies are registered with the Care Quality Commission to deliver personal care across the area, each working through visits to people living in their own homes rather than from a care building. Nine of them hold an Outstanding rating and twenty five are rated Good, while one sits at Requires Improvement and seven have no published rating as yet. Nine Outstanding providers in a single area is well above what most places can show, and it means you can afford to be particular. Northumberland County Council carries out the care needs assessment that records what help is required, along with the financial assessment that decides how much of the cost it will meet, both free to request. Open the profiles below, read what inspectors found and when they found it, then approach the agencies that can cover your hours.
Choosing a home care agency in Northumberland
A strong local field changes the nature of the search. Rather than hunting for a provider that is merely adequate, you can compare several that have already satisfied inspectors and choose on fit, coverage and communication instead.
Learning from the Outstanding reports
Nine agencies here hold an Outstanding rating, which is worth reading rather than simply noting. Those reports tend to describe the same handful of things: staff who stay long enough to know the people they visit, training that goes beyond the minimum, and a habit of acting on small concerns before they become complaints. Reading two or three of them gives you a benchmark to hold other agencies against, and specific questions to put to providers rated Good.
The rest of the list
Twenty five agencies are rated Good, which in most areas would be the top of the field, and many will suit perfectly well. The single provider at Requires Improvement deserves a reading before exclusion, since reports distinguish between shortcomings in records and shortcomings in care. Seven agencies carry no published rating, usually reflecting a recent registration; for those, ask how long the agency has traded, how long the registered manager has been in post and which parts of Northumberland it genuinely covers. Check the date on every report you read.
Coverage is the practical constraint
Ask directly whether an agency can staff the times you need at your address, because a highly rated provider with no availability solves nothing in the short term. Ask how many different carers would attend over a fortnight and what happens when one is off sick. Ask who telephones when a visit runs late and who answers at the weekend. Ask to see a sample care plan and judge whether it describes a person and their preferences rather than listing tasks against times.
Arranging the assessment and funding in Northumberland
The care needs assessment
A care needs assessment is free and open to anyone who appears to need care and support, whatever their income or capital. Northumberland County Council carries it out and follows it with a financial assessment. The first records what help is needed and how often, covering washing, dressing, medication, meals, mobility and overnight support; the second establishes what the council will contribute. Asking commits nobody to anything, and a written outcome means agencies quote against a defined package.
Who pays and what drives the weekly figure
Where the council contributes, support arrives either as a package it commissions or as a direct payment that leaves the choice of agency with you, which matters a good deal when the providers you want are the better rated ones. Households paying privately approach agencies directly at the same rates. Either way the total follows the length of each visit, the number of visits a day and whether nights, weekends or a second carer are involved. Ask two or three agencies to quote in writing against an identical pattern of calls, and check how travel time, bank holidays and minimum call lengths affect the price.
42 home care in Northumberland
- North STSS (Short Term Support Service) · Alnwick Community Fire Station, Alnwick, Northumberland, NE66 2ER
Home care · CQC Outstanding · Run by Northumberland County Council
We at North STSS (Short Term Support Service) Alnwick are proud to provide compassionate home care across Alnwick and the surrounding communities of Northumberland, offering short term support that helps people remain safe, comfortable,...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Time to Care Specialist Support Services · 12d Linnet Court, Alnwick, Northumberland, NE66 2GD
Home care · Run by Time to Care Specialist Support Services Limited
We at Time to Care Specialist Support Services are proud to offer dedicated home care across Alnwick and the wider Northumberland area, supporting people to live well and independently in the place they know best: their own home. Based in...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Younger Adults - Age UK · The Round House, Ashington, Northumberland, NE63 9JZ
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Age UK Northumberland
We provide care at home across Northumberland, working from Ashington. We support older people and younger adults, including people living with dementia, adults with learning disabilities, autistic people, people with mental health...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Cavendish Homecare · 17 Lintonville Terrace, Ashington, Northumberland, NE63 9UN
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Cavendish Homecare Ltd
Cavendish Homecare is a home care agency in Ashington, supporting adults in their own homes across this part of Northumberland. The people we work with are a broad mix: older people and younger adults, people living with dementia, adults...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Forget me not homecare services · 6 Wansbeck Workspace, Ashington, Northumberland, NE63 8QZ
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Forget me not homecare services Ltd
Forget me not homecare supports people in their own homes across Ashington and the surrounding parts of Northumberland. We work with older people, adults living with dementia, those managing a mental health condition, people with a...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - ISSAC · 15/16 Wansbeck Workspace, Ashington, Northumberland, NE63 8QZ
Home care · CQC Good · Run by ISSAC Ltd
ISSAC provides care in people's own homes in Ashington and across Northumberland. We support older people, adults living with dementia, people with learning disabilities and autistic adults, those living with mental ill health, people with...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders, Alcohol / Drug Misuse - Mid & North Domiciliary Care Agency · 32 Wansbeck Workspace, Ashington, Northumberland, NE63 8QZ
Home care · CQC Outstanding · Run by Royal Mencap Society
We at Northumberland Mid & North Domiciliary Care Agency are proud to provide compassionate home care across Ashington and the surrounding communities of Northumberland, supporting people to live safely and comfortably in the place they...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Younger Adults - Positive Support For You CIC · 23 Wansbeck Workspace, Ashington, Northumberland, NE63 8QZ
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Positive Support for You CIC
At Positive Support For You CIC, we provide home care to people living in Ashington and across Northumberland, supporting individuals to live as independently as possible in the place that matters most to them: their own home. We work with...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Sphere Specialist Healthcare · Suite 9-11, Ashington, Northumberland, NE63 8UG
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Sphere Specialist Healthcare Ltd
Sphere Specialist Healthcare supports people across Ashington and the surrounding part of Northumberland in their own homes. We plan support around what somebody wants their week to look like rather than around a standard package of tasks....
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Younger Adults - TC Care Global · 1st Floor, Ashington, Northumberland, NE63 9UN
Home care · CQC Requires improvement · Run by TC Care Global Ltd
TC Care Global provides care at home to people in Ashington and across Northumberland. We work with older people and people living with dementia, with people who have mental health needs, physical disabilities or a visual or hearing...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Mrs O's Caring Hands Homecare · 40 Front Street East, Bedlington, Northumberland, NE22 5AB
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Mrs O's Caring Hands Homecare Limited
Mrs O's Caring Hands Homecare is a home care agency in Bedlington, supporting adults in their own homes across this part of Northumberland. We visit older people and younger adults, people with a physical disability or a sensory...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders - The Willows Home Care North East · The Willows Care Home, Bedlington, Northumberland, NE22 5PX
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Anderson Nursing Limited
The Willows Home Care North East is a home care agency based in Bedlington, supporting adults in their own homes across this part of Northumberland. We visit older people and younger adults, people living with dementia, people with a...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Turning Point - Coqbeck Support Domiciliary Care Agency · Elliot House, Bedlington, Northumberland, NE22 5AE
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Turning Point
Turning Point Coqbeck Support provides care and support to people in their own homes in Bedlington and across Northumberland. Our purpose is to help people live the lives they want, in the places they have chosen, with the right amount of...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Younger Adults - Bell View Help at Home · 33 West Street, Belford, Northumberland, NE70 7QB
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Bell View Help at Home Limited
Here at Bell View Help at Home, we provide home care support to people living in Belford and across the surrounding area of Northumberland. We work with older people, younger adults, and individuals with learning disabilities, autism and...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Younger Adults - Careline Berwick · Office 004, Berwick-upon-tweed, Northumberland, TD15 1BN
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Care Line Homecare Limited
We at Careline Berwick are proud to offer compassionate home care across Berwick upon Tweed and the surrounding Northumberland communities, supporting individuals to live well and independently in the comfort of their own homes. As a home...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders, Alcohol / Drug Misuse - North STSS (Short Term Support Service) Berwick · McDonald House, Berwick Upon Tweed, Northumberland, TD15 1ED
Home care · CQC Outstanding · Run by Northumberland County Council
We are the short term support team in Berwick Upon Tweed, working with people in their own homes at the point where something has changed, often after a spell in hospital or a sudden loss of confidence. Our support usually runs for a set...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Best Options Agency · Arms Evertyne House, Blyth, Northumberland, NE24 2AS
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Best Options Agency Limited
We at Best Options Agency are proud to provide compassionate home care across Blyth and the wider Northumberland community, supporting people to live safely and comfortably in the place they know best: their own home. Our team delivers...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Confidence Care and Support · 65 Hodgsons Road, Blyth, Northumberland, NE24 1NW
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Confidence Care and Support
We at Confidence Care and Support are proud to provide compassionate home care across Blyth and the wider Northumberland community, supporting people to live safely, comfortably, and independently in the place they know best: their own...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - North East Care Management · 26 Petrel way, Blyth, Northumberland, NE24 3QL
Home care · CQC Outstanding · Run by North East Care Management Limited
We are North East Care Management, and we support adults in their own homes in Blyth and across Northumberland. We work with people of all ages and build each package around the individual rather than offering something off the shelf. Our...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - South East STSS (Short Term Support Service) · The Harbour Suite, Blyth, Northumberland, NE24 1DX
Home care · CQC Outstanding · Run by Northumberland County Council
South East STSS provides short term support at home for people in Blyth and the surrounding parts of Northumberland. Much of our work is with people coming out of hospital or through a difficult patch, where the right help for a few weeks...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Valley Disabled Forum · 20 Stanley Street, Blyth, Northumberland, NE24 2BU
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Blyth Valley Disabled Forum Ltd
We at Blyth Valley Disabled Forum are proud to provide compassionate home care to people living across Blyth and the wider Northumberland community. As a domiciliary care provider, we bring professional, person centred support directly...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders, Alcohol / Drug Misuse - BelleVie North East Area · Corbridge Business Centre, Corbridge, Northumberland, NE45 5SB
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Bellevie Care Ltd
We at BelleVie North East Area are proud to provide compassionate home care across Corbridge and the surrounding communities of Northumberland, supporting people to live well in the place they know best: their own home. Based in the...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment - J S Parker North East · Suite 1, Corbridge, Northumberland, NE45 5SB
Home care · CQC Outstanding · Run by J S Parker Limited
We are J S Parker in the North East, based in Corbridge and supporting people in their own homes across Northumberland and the surrounding area. Our most recent CQC overall rating is outstanding. We are glad of it, though what we would...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults - Aurora Home Care · Unit 37, Cramlington, Northumberland, NE23 7BF
Home care · Run by Aurora Home Care Ltd
Aurora Home Care provides support at home for people in Cramlington and across Northumberland. The people we visit include older people, many of them living with dementia, as well as younger adults, people with a learning disability or...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders, Alcohol / Drug Misuse - Bluebird Care (South) · Unit 30, Cramlington, Northumberland, NE23 7BF
Home care · CQC Good · Run by WA & S Associates Ltd
We provide care in people's own homes in Cramlington and across south Northumberland. Our aim is to make staying at home workable, with support that turns up when it should and is delivered by carers the household knows. Most of the people...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Younger Adults - G&P Healthcare · 12 Enterprise Court, Cramlington, Northumberland, NE23 1LZ
Home care · CQC Outstanding · Run by G & P Healthcare Limited
At G&P Healthcare, we provide home care support to people living in Cramlington and the surrounding areas of Northumberland. We work with a wide range of individuals, including older adults, younger adults, and people living with dementia,...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders, Alcohol / Drug Misuse - Helping Hands - East · 4 Berrymoor Court, Cramlington, Northumberland, NE23 7RZ
Home care · CQC Good · Run by HH Community Care Limited
Helping Hands in East Northumberland provides care at home for people across Cramlington and the surrounding area. We support a broad range of needs, and what connects the work is building support around the person in front of us rather...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders, Alcohol / Drug Misuse - Home Instead South East · 14 Berrymoor Court, Cramlington, Northumberland, NE23 7RZ
Home care · CQC Outstanding · Run by Live Well Care Ltd
Home Instead South East Northumberland provides home care to adults in Cramlington and the surrounding part of Northumberland. We support people living with dementia, adults with learning disabilities and autism, people managing mental...
Specialisms: Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment - Nupath Care · Unit 1, Cramlington, Northumberland, NE23 7BF
Home care · CQC Good · Run by HH Community Care Limited
Nupath Care Northumberland is a home care agency based in Cramlington, supporting adults across Northumberland in their own homes. We work with older people, with adults who have a learning disability and autistic adults, with people...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Alcohol / Drug Misuse - S L Homecare · Unit 9, Cramlington, Northumberland, NE23 8AD
Home care · CQC Good · Run by S L Homecare Ltd
We are S L Homecare, based in Cramlington, and we provide care in people's own homes across Northumberland. We support older people, including many living with dementia, people living with mental ill health, people with physical...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Heritage Healthcare North Tyneside · Unit 25, Cramlington, Northumberland, NE23 7BF
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Thompson Amour Limited
We at Heritage Healthcare North Tyneside are proud to offer compassionate home care to families across Cramlington and the wider Northumberland area, supporting people to live well and safely in the place they love most: their own home....
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Deneholme Care Centre · The Dene, Hexham, Northumberland, NE47 9PX
Care home · Home care · Run by Deneholme Care Centre Ltd
We are Deneholme Care Centre in Hexham, Northumberland. We support older people and younger adults, including people living with dementia, adults with learning disabilities and autistic adults, and people with a physical disability. We...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Younger Adults, Respite Care - Helping Hands - West · St Matthews House, Hexham, Northumberland, NE46 3PU
Home care · CQC Good · Run by HH Community Care Limited
We at Helping Hands West Northumberland are proud to offer trusted home care across Hexham and the surrounding communities, supporting people to live well in the place they know and love most: their own home. Our team brings compassionate,...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders, Alcohol / Drug Misuse - Unity Health Care Solutions · 5A/6 Mallan House, Hexham, Northumberland, NE46 4DQ
Home care · Run by Unity Health Care Solutions Ltd
Unity Health Care Solutions supports people in their own homes in Hexham and across the surrounding parts of Northumberland. We work with older people and younger adults, including those living with dementia, adults with a learning...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Alcohol / Drug Misuse - West STSS (Short Term Support Service) · Dene Park House, Hexham, Northumberland, NE46 1HN
Home care · CQC Outstanding · Run by Northumberland County Council
West STSS is the short term support service based in Hexham, Northumberland, and we provide care and support to people in their own homes for a defined period rather than indefinitely. That focus shapes everything we do. People usually... - Whell Care · 6 Dilston Terrace, Morpeth, Northumberland, NE65 0DT
Home care · Run by Whell Care Ltd
Whell Care provides support in people's own homes in Morpeth and across Northumberland. Our work is with older people who want to carry on living in the house they know, and with younger adults who need support to live independently. What...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Younger Adults - Home Instead Tyne Valley · Unit 1 Bewick House, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland, NE15 0NY
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Tyne Valley Home Care LTD
Home Instead Tyne Valley provides care and support in people's own homes across Newcastle upon Tyne and the Northumberland side of the valley. We work with older people, younger adults, people living with dementia, people managing mental...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Northumbria Supported Living Service · Bradbury Court, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland, NE20 9NU
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Leonard Cheshire Disability
We support adults across Newcastle and Northumberland in their own homes and in supported accommodation. The people we work with include older people and younger adults, adults with a learning disability, autistic adults, and people living...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Younger Adults - YourLife(Ponteland) · Henderson Court, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland, NE20 9UH
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Yourlife Management Services Limited
We at YourLife (Ponteland) are proud to provide compassionate home care across Newcastle Upon Tyne and the surrounding Northumberland communities, supporting people to live well and safely in the place they know best, their own home....
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Burn Brae Care · 81A Front Street, Prudhoe, Northumberland, NE42 5PU
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Burn Brae Care Limited
Burn Brae Care supports people in their own homes around Prudhoe and the wider Northumberland area. We work with older people and younger adults, people living with dementia or a mental health condition, people with a physical disability,...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Shaftesbury Beaumont Court · Beaumont Court, Prudhoe, Northumberland, NE42 6JT
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Livability
We are Shaftesbury Beaumont Court in Prudhoe, Northumberland, providing care and support to adults in their own homes here. Our work is with adults who have learning disabilities and autistic adults, with people who have physical...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Younger Adults - Community Buddies North East · 5-11 Dene Workshops, Stocksfield, Northumberland, NE43 7BG
Home care · Run by Community Buddies North East Ltd
Community Buddies North East provides care in people's own homes in Stocksfield and across Northumberland. We support older people, adults living with dementia, people with a learning disability or autism, people living with mental health...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Younger Adults
What home care costs
| Type of care | What it costs |
|---|---|
| Hourly care visits, England England figure, because too few North East agencies publish a rate. Middle half of prices from 102 agencies. Median £31.00. | £25.00 to £34.90 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 |
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