Sunnybanks Home Care Service

Sunnybanks Home Care Service is a home care agency based in Cowden, in the Kent council area, registered with the Care Quality Commission to provide personal care to people in their own homes. It most likely works within about 6 miles of its Cowden office, which is our estimate rather than something the agency has told us. It is registered to care for older people, people with a physical disability, people with a learning disability or autism and people with a sensory impairment. It is run by Angela Czarnecka-Poulter. The agency has been registered since December 2010.

At its latest inspection, published July 2019, the CQC rated Sunnybanks Home Care Service Requires improvement, which means the CQC found the service was not performing as well as it should and told it how to improve. Ratings can change after a new inspection, so read the CQC report before you decide.

Sunnybanks Home Care Service has not published its rates and has not yet told us what they are. Home care agencies in Kent with a rate on record typically charge about £25.50 an hour and £1,375 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.

There are 383 registered home care agencies in Kent. Others working the same area include Trinity Homecare, Braeburn Care and PentaCare (West Kent), 4 of which have 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.