Visiting Angels Black Country South
Visiting Angels Black Country South is a home care agency in Oldbury, Sandwell (B69 4RJ).
Newly registered with the CQC, October 2026. No inspection rating has been published yet.
About Visiting Angels Black Country South
Visiting Angels Black Country South is a home care agency in Oldbury, supporting people in their own homes across Sandwell and the surrounding area. We work with older people and younger adults, including people living with dementia and people who have a physical disability. Everybody we meet at a first visit says more or less the same thing: they would like to stay where they are. Making that realistic, for as long as it is safe and genuinely the better option, is the whole of our purpose. The work is practical. Help with washing and dressing. Medication managed and recorded carefully. Meals cooked rather than opened. Help to move safely about a house that may no longer suit its occupant. A dependable person turning up in a week that might otherwise be empty. And a real break for families who have been carrying it alone. We put a great deal of effort into sending the same carers to the same households. That continuity is the mechanism rather than the presentation: a carer who knows somebody notices the meal left untouched, the new bruise, or the confusion that was not there a fortnight ago. For people living with dementia, familiar faces and an unhurried pace achieve what explanation cannot. For people with a physical disability, we learn the individual's preferred way of being assisted to move. The Care Quality Commission has not yet given us an overall rating. Call us and we will be plain about what we can do.
Care provided at Visiting Angels Black Country South
- Older person care
- Dementia care
- Physical disability support
- Younger adults care
- Covers approximately 10 miles
Read the full inspection report on the CQC website.
How Visiting Angels Black Country South compares in Sandwell
Measured against the 92 home care agencies registered in Sandwell.
- CQC rating
- Not yet rated. 35 of the 92 agencies (38%) are rated Good or Outstanding.
- Registered
- October 2026. One of the newer agencies in the area. Only 0 of the 92 have registered more recently.
- Provider
- One service. By Your Side Care Limited runs this agency only.
Powered by Orrery Intelligence. Data: CQC register and Food Standards Agency ratings. Counts cover registered home care agencies in Sandwell.
The local picture: Sandwell
What the numbers say about home care in Sandwell.
What home care costs
| Type of care | What it costs |
|---|
| Hourly care visits, West Midlands | £28.30 to £32.00 an hour (Middle half of prices from 8 agencies. Median £32.00. Shown for West Midlands because too few Sandwell agencies publish a rate.) |
| What Sandwell pays | £21.24 an hour (Average hourly rate, October 2026.) |
| Homecare Association minimum price | £34.42 an hour (2026 to 2027. The Association's estimate of the lowest price that covers the cost of delivering care. It is not a legal minimum.) |
| Live in care, England | £1,250 to £1,668 a week (Middle half of prices from 62 agencies. Median £1,455.) |
Published prices come from agencies that publish rates, so treat them as a guide. Ask the agency for its own price.
- People aged 75 and over: 24,300. Rising to 26,600 by 2035, up 10%
- People aged 85 and over: 6,500. Rising to 7,600 by 2035, up 17%
- Living with dementia, aged 65 and over (estimate): 3,200. Rising to 3,700 by 2035, up 13%
- Dementia diagnosis rate: 73%. The NHS ambition is 67%.
- Agencies in the borough, last 12 months: 1 opened, 10 closed. 84 registered today.
- Choice of agencies: 636 within 10 miles. In a typical neighbourhood. The nearest is under a mile away (0.4 miles).
Powered by Orrery Intelligence. Market model built 22 October 2026 (ONS 2022 based population projections, dementia estimates, CQC register), published home care rates, Homecare Association.
Good to know about Visiting Angels Black Country South
Facts from public registers, and what the agency has told us.
- Registered with CQC
- 19 October 2026, less than a year ago.
- Run by
- By Your Side Care Limited, which runs this service only.
- Service type
- Personal care in people's own homes (domiciliary care).
- Where it covers
- Not yet confirmed by the agency. Check that your postcode is covered before you rely on it.
- Live in, overnight and 24 hour care
- Not yet confirmed. The agency can add these when it claims its profile.
Sources: CQC register and the agency's own entries. Anything marked not yet confirmed is shown as unknown rather than guessed.
Common questions about Visiting Angels Black Country South
Where is Visiting Angels Black Country South located?
Visiting Angels Black Country South is a home care agency based in Oldbury, Sandwell (B69 4RJ), providing care to people in their own homes within approximately 10 miles of the area.
What type of care does Visiting Angels Black Country South provide?
Visiting Angels Black Country South is registered to provide care in people’s own homes, with support that includes Older person care, Dementia care, Physical disability support, Younger adults care. The full list of services is shown on this page.
Does Visiting Angels Black Country South provide dementia care?
Yes. Visiting Angels Black Country South supports people living with dementia. We recommend contacting the agency directly to discuss your individual situation.
Questions families ask about Visiting Angels Black Country South
Can they support someone living with dementia at home?
Yes. Yes. Visiting Angels Black Country South is registered for dementia care in people's own homes.
Can they help with medication and nursing tasks?
Ask the home. Most home care agencies prompt or give medication but do not provide nursing tasks. Ask what their carers are trained to do.
Do they cover our area?
Yes. Visiting Angels Black Country South covers roughly 10 miles from Oldbury.
Will the council help pay?
Ask the home. The agency has not told us which funding it accepts. Most take both council funded and self funded clients; a direct payment from the council can be used to pay them.
Typical home care fees in the West Midlands
Visiting Angels Black Country South has not published its fees yet. These are typical hourly rates for the West Midlands, so you know roughly what to expect before you call.
- Home care (per hour): £26 to £31 per hour, typical range
Indicative figures for the West Midlands, not a quote from Visiting Angels Black Country South. Actual fees depend on the room, the level of care and how it is funded.
More about the care at Visiting Angels Black Country South
Dementia Care at Visiting Angels Black Country South
Sending the same carers to the same households takes a great deal of effort, this agency says, and in dementia it is what everything else depends on. A carer who is recognised does not have to spend the visit being explained to, which is how the half hour gets used for something useful. The agency also says that familiar faces and an unhurried pace achieve what explanation cannot, which is precisely the right way round. Ask what dementia training the carers have completed. Ask how a refused visit is handled, and how the plan is revised as the condition advances.
Home Care at Visiting Angels Black Country South
By Your Side Care registered this Oldbury agency on 19 October 2026, so there is a registration to check and no inspection report. Home care means visits at agreed times in a person's own home, which keeps somebody among their own furniture and habits. Rates across the West Midlands typically run between £26 and £31 an hour, with Sandwell assessing and sometimes funding a package. The agency says making it realistic to stay put, for as long as that is safe and genuinely the better option, is the whole of its purpose. Ask how visits are recorded, how often the plan is reviewed, and who a relative telephones at the weekend.
Older Person Care at Visiting Angels Black Country South
A dependable person turning up in a week that might otherwise be empty is on this agency's own list, alongside washing, dressing and medication managed carefully. For most older people in Sandwell that reliability is the point: the same knock at roughly the same hour, and meals cooked rather than opened. Visiting Angels Black Country South says it puts a great deal of effort into sending the same carers to the same households. Ask how many different carers would actually come in a fortnight, which is the only real test of that claim. Ask how long each call lasts. Ask what can be covered in the evening, since overnight support is a separate arrangement.
Younger Adults at Visiting Angels Black Country South
A real break for families who have been carrying it alone is part of what this agency offers, though an adult under sixty five usually wants something else from it. Support has to fit around work, study and a social life rather than set the shape of the day. Ask whether call times can move with a timetable, and whether a small consistent team can be arranged.
Physical Disability at Visiting Angels Black Country South
Sandwell would assess and may fund a package, and the detail to settle is how long each visit actually lasts. For a physical disability the work is transfers, personal care, and help to move safely about a house that was not designed for it. Ask whether carers are trained on the equipment already in place, and who arranges an occupational therapy review when needs change.
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