Supported Living West Cumbria

Supported Living West Cumbria is a home care agency based in Workington, in the Cumberland council area, registered with the Care Quality Commission to provide personal care to people in their own homes. It Our offices around England and Wales include North Cumbria Office in Carlisle, Doncaster, Hemel Hempstead, Central (Ledbury), Middlesbrough, Swansea and Neath & Port Talbot, Workington, Pontesbury, and Shrewsbury. It is registered to care for older people, younger adults, people with a physical disability, people with a learning disability or autism and people with mental health needs. Its website lists hourly visits, live-in care, sleeping nights, waking nights and 24-hour care. It is part of Walsingham, which has 3 branches in England. The agency has been registered since May 2018.

At its latest inspection, published October 2023, the CQC rated Supported Living West Cumbria 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.

Supported Living West Cumbria has not published its rates and we are still collecting figures for Cumberland. 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.

On how it works, the agency says: free assessment and takes direct payments. Details like these come from the agency's own website and change, so confirm them when you call.

There are 58 registered home care agencies in Cumberland. Others working the same area include Bellcare Domiciliary Care Services Ltd, Living For Life Cumbria Ltd and Luminary Care Limited, 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.