What is the process for getting a care needs assessment in Redcar and Cleveland?

Ask the adult social care team at Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council for an assessment, either for yourself or for someone who has agreed to it. There is no charge and the entitlement applies to anyone who appears to need care and support, whatever their income. The assessor will discuss personal care, mobility, medication, meals and the help family currently provides. Where a relative gives regular unpaid support, they can request a carer's assessment of their own at the same time.

Is funding available towards care at home?

It can be, where the assessment identifies eligible needs and the financial assessment places the person within the nationally set thresholds. The home someone continues to live in is not counted as capital when care is provided at home, which differs from the residential calculation. Support may be offered as a direct payment so the person can arrange their own carers. Where needs are principally health related, funding through the health service may apply instead.

Which home care agencies are registered in Redcar and Cleveland?

Eighteen providers currently match this search and all of them appear on this page. They include BJP Home Support, Careline Homecare, Comfort Call, the Community Reablement Team, Human Support Group, Newbus and Meadowvale Homecare. Each entry links to a profile giving registration details and whatever Care Quality Commission judgement has been published. The list follows live registration data, so it changes as agencies register, close or alter their coverage.

How does a care home differ from a nursing home?

A residential care home offers accommodation with personal care from trained care staff, covering washing, dressing, meals and medication. A nursing home provides the same alongside registered nurses on duty at all hours, so clinical care is delivered on site. Neither term describes the providers listed here, who deliver care in a person's own home. Home care often delays or removes the need for a move, though it suits someone needing supervision through the night less well.

How much notice should families give when arranging home care?

As much as circumstances allow, because assessments and funding decisions rarely move quickly. Agencies are often busiest at the times most in demand, particularly early mornings and evenings, so those slots can be hard to secure at short notice. Starting early lets you speak to more than one provider and compare what each offers. Where hospital discharge is approaching, raise the need for home care with the ward as early as you can.

What should I ask a provider before signing anything?

Ask how many different carers would attend over a typical fortnight and whether the same people come regularly. Ask how lateness and sickness are handled and how you would be informed. Check how the care plan is drawn up, how often it is reviewed and who signs it off. It is also worth asking what the arrangements are outside office hours, since that is when problems are hardest to resolve.

Home Care in Redcar And Cleveland

Across Redcar and Cleveland, eighteen home care agencies hold registration to deliver support in people's own homes, and all of them are gathered on this page. Their Care Quality Commission judgements vary: one provider holds an Outstanding rating, ten are rated Good, one has been told it requires improvement, and six have yet to be given a published rating. Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council is the authority that carries out care needs assessments for people living in the area and determines what funded support they are entitled to receive, which makes it the sensible starting point whenever eligibility or cost is in question. Because so much of this list has no published rating, your own enquiries carry more weight than usual. Open the profiles below and read whatever Care Quality Commission inspection report exists for each agency, then use the gaps as a prompt for the questions you put to the providers themselves.

Organising Home Care in Redcar and Cleveland and Meeting the Cost

Care delivered at home is built around planned visits at agreed times, which keeps someone in familiar surroundings and makes the cost easier to scale up or down than a residential placement. The trade off is that the detail matters enormously: the number of visits, their length and their timing decide whether a package actually works. That detail is settled at the assessment stage.

The Care Needs Assessment

Anyone who appears to need care and support is entitled to a free assessment whatever their savings, and it is worth asking for one even where a family expects to pay privately, because the recommendation it produces is useful in its own right. Requests go to Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council social care team, the authority responsible for assessing people who live in Redcar and Cleveland and for arranging funded support where someone qualifies. The assessor looks at personal care, mobility, medication, meals and what family already does.

Charges, Contributions and Direct Payments

A financial assessment sets income, savings and capital against nationally set thresholds to establish what a person pays towards their own care. The property someone continues to live in is disregarded when care is delivered at home, which is a meaningful difference from residential care. Where support is agreed, it may be offered as a direct payment, letting the person choose and employ their own carers rather than accept a commissioned package.

What the Weekly Bill Depends On

Costs follow the hours booked, so the shape of the week matters more than any headline rate. Early mornings, evenings, weekends and bank holidays are frequently priced differently, and a run of short calls can work out dearer than fewer longer ones. Ask for written rates, check the notice required to change or cancel visits, and confirm what happens when a regular carer is away.

Choosing a Home Care Agency in Redcar and Cleveland and What to Look For

BJP Home Support holds an Outstanding rating, the only provider here to have achieved one. Ten are rated Good, including A and B Home Care, Careline Homecare, Comfort Call, the Community Reablement Team, Human Support Group, Newbus, SNE Care and Meadowvale Homecare. Caremark currently requires improvement. Six agencies have no published rating at all.

What an Absent Rating Does and Does Not Mean

A third of this list has never been inspected and rated, which usually reflects recent registration rather than any concern. It does remove the shortcut most families rely on, so ask those providers how long they have been operating locally, what induction and ongoing training staff receive, and whether they can put you in touch with families already using them.

Continuity, Timing and Communication

Ask how many different carers a person would see across a fortnight, because continuity affects the experience more than almost anything else. Ask what happens when a visit is running late and how quickly you would be told. Check how care plans are written and reviewed, how medication support is recorded, and who picks up the telephone in the evening or at a weekend when something has gone wrong.

18 home care in Redcar And Cleveland

BJP Home Support · 6-10 Church Street, Guisborough, Redcar and Cleveland, TS14 6BS
Home care · CQC Outstanding · Run by BJP Home Support Limited
At BJP Home Support, we provide care in the place that matters most to the people we support: their own home. Based in Guisborough, in the heart of Redcar and Cleveland, we work with individuals across a wide range of needs and...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders, Alcohol / Drug Misuse
Caremark (Redcar & Cleveland) · Units 2-9, Guisborough, Redcar and Cleveland, TS14 6PR
Home care · CQC Requires improvement · Run by Folkescare Limited
We provide care at home in Guisborough and across Redcar and Cleveland. The people we support include older people and younger adults, people living with dementia, adults with learning disabilities, autistic people, people with mental...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders, Alcohol / Drug Misuse
A&B Home Care · Office 6 Stephenson Court, Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland, TS6 6UT
Home care · CQC Good · Run by A&B Home Care Ltd
A and B Home Care supports people in their own homes across Middlesbrough and Redcar and Cleveland. We work with older people, people living with dementia, adults with a learning disability, autistic adults, people living with mental ill...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Alcohol / Drug Misuse
Abihealth – Tees Valley · Suite B10, Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland, TS6 6XJ
Home care · Run by UK Health Kits Ltd
Abihealth provides support at home and in the community for people in the Tees Valley, including Middlesbrough and the surrounding area. We work with older people, younger adults and people who have a learning disability or autism. Our...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Younger Adults
ACCOMPLISH CARE AND LIVING · 9 The Ridings, Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland, TS7 0DJ
Home care · Run by Accomplish Care and Living Limited
Accomplish Care and Living supports adults in their own homes across Middlesbrough and the Redcar and Cleveland area. Our job is to make it possible for someone to stay where they are. That means the practical things done properly and on...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Careline Homecare · Rooms 34, Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland, TS6 6TL
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Care Line Homecare Limited
Careline Homecare provides support at home for people in Middlesbrough and across Redcar and Cleveland. Our carers visit people where they live, helping with the parts of the day that have become difficult while leaving the rest well...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Alcohol / Drug Misuse
Comfort Call · Rooms 36 South Tees Business Centre, Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland, TS6 6TL
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Comfort Call Limited
Comfort Call in Middlesbrough provides care and support to people in their own homes across the town and into Redcar and Cleveland. We support older people and younger adults, 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, Alcohol / Drug Misuse
Community Reablement Team · The Meadowgate Centre, Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland, TS6 9NN
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council
We are a community reablement team working across Middlesbrough and the Redcar and Cleveland area, supporting older people and younger adults in their own homes. Reablement is a particular way of working. Rather than taking tasks over, we...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Younger Adults
Direct Care Support · 1 Wilton Green, Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland, TS6 8DP
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Direct Care Support (DCS) Limited
We at Direct Care Support are proud to provide compassionate home care across Middlesbrough and the surrounding communities of Redcar and Cleveland, supporting people to live well in the place they know and love most: their own home. Based...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Human Support Group · Rooms 37 South Tees Business Centre, Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland, TS6 6TL
Home care · CQC Good · Run by The Human Support Group Limited
We are the Human Support Group in Middlesbrough, and we provide care in people's own homes across the area. 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
Newbus · Office 2, Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland, TS6 6UT
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Newbus Private Ltd
At Newbus Middlesbrough, we provide home care across Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland, supporting people to live well in the comfort of their own homes. We work with older adults, younger adults, people living with dementia and those...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Younger Adults
Pacific and Gold Healthcare Teeside · Suite B8, Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland, TS6 6XJ
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Pacific and Gold Limited
We at Pacific and Gold Healthcare Teeside are proud to offer compassionate home care across Middlesbrough and the wider Redcar and Cleveland area, supporting individuals to live safely and comfortably in the place they know best: their own...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
SNE Care Services · Unit 10, Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland, TS6 6UT
Home care · CQC Good · Run by SNE Care Services Ltd
We at SNE Care Services are proud to provide compassionate home care across Middlesbrough and the wider Redcar and Cleveland area, supporting people to live safely and comfortably in the place they know best: their own home. As a home care...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Social & Care Recruitment Agency · South Tees Business Centre, Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland, TS6 6TL
Home care · Run by Social & Care Recruitment Ltd
Social and Care Recruitment Agency is a home care agency working across Redcar and Cleveland and the Middlesbrough area. We support adults in their own homes. We visit older people and younger adults, people living with dementia, people...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Vestra Homecare and Stockton · Suite 5a, Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland, TS6 6PT
Home care · Run by Vestra Homecare Limited
Vestra Homecare provides support at home for people in Middlesbrough and Stockton and the surrounding area. The people we visit include older people, many of them living with dementia, as well as younger adults, people with a physical...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Alcohol / Drug Misuse
Care 24-7 · Suite 209, Redcar, Redcar and Cleveland, TS10 5SH
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Care 24-7 Limited
We at Care 24-7 Redcar are proud to provide compassionate home care across Redcar and the wider Redcar and Cleveland community. As a dedicated home care agency, we bring professional support directly to the place where people feel most...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders, Alcohol / Drug Misuse
Dynamic Homecare Services · 6 Fitzwilliam Close, Redcar, Redcar and Cleveland, TS11 7HG
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Dynamic Homecare Services Limited
We are Dynamic Homecare, and we support adults in their own homes in Redcar and across Redcar and Cleveland. We visit for anything from a short call to help someone start the day through to several hours of support, arranged to fit the...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Meadowvale Homecare · 74 High Street, Redcar, Redcar and Cleveland, TS10 3DN
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Meadowvale Homecare Ltd
We at Meadowvale Homecare are proud to provide compassionate home care across Redcar and the surrounding communities of Redcar and Cleveland, supporting individuals to live well and safely in the place they know best: their own home....
Specialisms: Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Eating Disorders

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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