Saffron Walden

Saffron Walden is a home care agency based in Saffron Walden, in the Essex council area, registered with the Care Quality Commission to provide personal care to people in their own homes. It To apply for a position as a Care Assistant with Here to Care, please ensure you live within a 16-mile radius of Saffron Walden, Essex, United Kingdom. It is registered to care for older people, people living with dementia, people with a physical disability, people with a learning disability or autism, people with mental health needs and people with a sensory impairment. Its website lists hourly visits and companionship without personal care. It is run by Here to Care Home Care Services. The agency has been registered since September 2018.

At its latest inspection, published September 2019, the CQC rated Saffron Walden Good, which means the CQC found the service performing well and meeting its expectations. Ratings can change after a new inspection, so read the CQC report before you decide.

Saffron Walden has not published its rates and has not yet told us what they are. Home care agencies in Essex with a rate on record typically charge about £27 an hour and £1,675 a week for live-in care, so expect a figure in that range and ask for a written price list that shows weekend and bank holiday rates.

On how it works, the agency says: employs its carers, family app or online notes, carers drive, happy with pets, weekends cost more, bank holidays cost more and charges for travel. Details like these come from the agency's own website and change, so confirm them when you call.

There are 448 registered home care agencies in Essex. Others working the same area include Care Plus Essex Limited part of Manorcourt Care, Ross Nursing Services Limited and Chinite Resourcing Limited (Chinite Home Care), 1 of which has a rate on record. A self-employed carer found through PrimeCarers charges £18 to £25 an hour, and live-in care typically about £1,120 a week across England.