Wakefield Supported Living

Wakefield Supported Living is a home care agency based in Barnsley, 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 Barnsley office, which is our estimate rather than something the agency has told us. It is registered to care for younger adults, people with a physical disability, people with a learning disability or autism and people with a sensory impairment. It is part of Community Integrated Care (), which has 9 branches in England. The agency has been registered since December 2016.

Wakefield Supported Living 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.

Wakefield Supported Living has not published its rates and we are still collecting figures for Barnsley. 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 54 registered home care agencies in Barnsley. Others working the same area include Virtue Care Services Ltd, Barnsley Disability Services Limited and Quality Homecare (Barnsley) Limited. A self-employed carer found through PrimeCarers charges £18 to £25 an hour, and live-in care from about £1,120 a week.