Shropshire and Warwickshire Community Short Breaks

Shropshire and Warwickshire Community Short Breaks is a home care agency based in Shropshire, registered with the Care Quality Commission to provide personal care to people in their own homes. It most likely works within about 9 miles of its Shropshire office, which is our estimate rather than something the agency has told us. It is registered to care for people with a physical disability, people with a learning disability or autism and people with a sensory impairment. It is run by Action for Children. The agency has been registered since May 2019.

Shropshire and Warwickshire Community Short Breaks has not yet received a CQC rating. This is normal for a newly registered agency; the CQC usually inspects within its first year or so.

Shropshire and Warwickshire Community Short Breaks has not published its rates and we are still collecting figures for Shropshire. Across England agencies usually charge £26 to £36 an hour for visits and £1,200 to £1,750 a week for live-in care. Ask for a written price list that shows the weekend and bank holiday rates and the shortest visit they will do.

There are 81 registered home care agencies in Shropshire. Others working the same area include Home Instead, Shrewsbury, Oswestry and Wem, YourLife (Shrewsbury) and Shropshire Care in the Community. A self-employed carer found through PrimeCarers charges £18 to £25 an hour, and live-in care from about £1,120 a week.