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Children's care in the Camden council area

There are 13 children's care services in the Camden council area registered with the Care Quality Commission. 7 carry a published CQC rating, and 5 of those are rated Good or Outstanding. The other 6 are unrated, which usually means they have not been inspected since registering rather than that anything is wrong. Privately arranged care is quoted by the hour, and the Homecare Association puts the minimum a provider must charge in 2026-27 at £34.42, or about £481.88 a week for two half-hour visits a day. The council paid providers £20.05 an hour in 2023-24, the 44th lowest of 150 councils in England and 5% below the £21.19 median. That is 13 of the 48 home care services across the Camden local authority. Your council decides what care you are entitled to and what it pays towards, so this is the area that matters for funding.

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3HUB Community

London, Camden

Not yet rated · on the register 2 years

  • Caring for children (0 - 18yrs)
  • Caring for adults under 65 yrs
  • Caring for adults over 65 yrs
  • +1 more
Hourly rate
not published
Pays carers for travel
not published
Shortest visit
not published

Remark! Living

London, Camden

GoodCQC, May 2019

  • Caring for children (0 - 18yrs)
  • Sensory impairments
  • Caring for adults under 65 yrs
  • +6 more
Hourly rate
not published
Pays carers for travel
not published
Shortest visit
not published

Ethica Care

London, Camden

GoodCQC, Mar 2023one area rated lower

  • Caring for children (0 - 18yrs)
  • Sensory impairments
  • Caring for adults under 65 yrs
  • +6 more
Hourly rate
not published
Pays carers for travel
not published
Shortest visit
not published

Focus Care Link

London, Camden

Requires improvementCQC, Oct 2023

  • Caring for children (0 - 18yrs)
  • Sensory impairments
  • Caring for adults under 65 yrs
  • +7 more
Hourly rate
not published
Pays carers for travel
not published
Shortest visit
not published

Open House Care Ltd

London, Camden

Not yet rated · on the register 4 years

  • Caring for children (0 - 18yrs)
  • Sensory impairments
  • Caring for adults under 65 yrs
  • +5 more
Hourly rate
not published
Pays carers for travel
not published
Shortest visit
not published

KIDS (London)

London, Camden

GoodCQC, May 2019

  • Caring for children (0 - 18yrs)
  • Learning disabilities
  • Physical disabilities
Hourly rate
not published
Pays carers for travel
not published
Shortest visit
not published

OutstandingCQC, Dec 2020one area rated lower

  • Caring for children (0 - 18yrs)
  • Sensory impairments
  • Caring for adults under 65 yrs
  • +5 more
Hourly rate
not published
Pays carers for travel
not published
Shortest visit
not published

Fairfield Playcentre

London, Camden

GoodCQC, Sept 2019

  • Caring for children (0 - 18yrs)
  • Learning disabilities
  • Physical disabilities
Hourly rate
not published
Pays carers for travel
not published
Shortest visit
not published

Not yet rated · on the register 2 years

  • Caring for children (0 - 18yrs)
  • Sensory impairments
  • Caring for adults under 65 yrs
  • +5 more
Hourly rate
not published
Pays carers for travel
not published
Shortest visit
not published

Not yet rated · on the register 9 years

  • Caring for children (0 - 18yrs)
  • Sensory impairments
  • Caring for adults under 65 yrs
  • +6 more
Hourly rate
not published
Pays carers for travel
not published
Shortest visit
not published

Requires improvementCQC, Aug 2023

  • Caring for children (0 - 18yrs)
  • Sensory impairments
  • Caring for adults under 65 yrs
  • +5 more
Hourly rate
not published
Pays carers for travel
not published
Shortest visit
not published

Children's care in Camden: questions people ask

How much does children's care cost in the Camden council area?
Agencies in the Camden council area quote by the hour after an assessment, so there is no single price. The Homecare Association calculates that a provider needs to charge at least £34.42 an hour in 2026-27 to pay careworkers the statutory minimum for all their working time and run a compliant business. Two half-hour visits a day at that rate is roughly £481.88 a week. Camden paid £20.05 an hour for the care it commissioned in 2023-24.
Will the council pay for children's care in the Camden council area?
Camden can arrange and fund care after a needs assessment, which is free and which anyone can request. What you contribute depends on a separate financial assessment. It paid providers an average of £20.05 an hour in 2023-24, the 44th lowest of 150 councils in England. The Homecare Association's minimum sustainable price is £34.42 for 2026-27. Those are different years, so treat the pair as context rather than a like-for-like gap. What a council pays shapes which agencies will take council-funded work at all.
Which children's care services in the Camden council area are rated best?
7 of the 13 services in the Camden council area carry a published CQC rating and 5 of those, 71%, are rated Good or Outstanding. 1 is rated Outstanding, the top grade: SweetTree Home Care Services. A rating describes the service on the day it was inspected, so check the report date as well as the word.
Is the Camden council area well served for children's care?
13 of the 48 home care services in the Camden council area are registered to support this, 27%, against 20% across England. That is better served than most places. Registration is permission rather than specialisation, so it sets the size of the list rather than its quality.
How do I choose a children's care agency in the Camden council area?
Start with what the regulator publishes, then ask what it cannot tell you: who would actually visit, whether it is the same carer each time, what happens when that person is ill, and how long a call really lasts. 6 of the 13 services in the Camden council area carry no published verdict at all, so for those the questions are the only evidence you have. Every service here comes from the public register, and contacting one costs nothing: we take no fee and no commission.