Canvey Island

Canvey Island is a home care agency based in Canvey Island, in the Essex council area, registered with the Care Quality Commission to provide personal care to people in their own homes. It Live-in Care coverage includes Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Cheshire, Cornwall, County Durham, Cumbria, Devon, Dorset, Essex (Colchester), Gloucestershire, Greater Manchester, Hampshire, Herefordshire, Hertfordshire (Bishop’s Stortford, Watford), Kent, Lancashire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, London, Norfolk (Norwich), Northamptonshire, Northumberland, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Shropshire, Somerset, Staffordshire, Suffolk (Bury St Edmunds, Ipswich, Lowestoft, Newmarket, Sudbury), Surrey (Farnham, Godalming, Guildford, Woking), Sussex, Warwickshire, West Midlands, Wiltshire, Worcestershire, Yorkshire – North. It is registered to care for 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, live-in care, sleeping nights, waking nights and respite care. It is part of Novus Care, which has 5 branches in England. The agency has been registered since October 2016.

At its latest inspection, published February 2020, the CQC rated Canvey Island 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.

Canvey Island charges from £23 an hour for hourly visits, a figure published on the agency's own website in September 2026. Two visits a day of an hour each comes to about £322 a week. Live-in care is from £1,199 a week. That is about 15% below the typical hourly rate in Essex of £27.

On how it works, the agency says: 30 minute visits and free assessment. 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 Premier Care, Home Care Essex and Rankin House, 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.