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Children's care in the Gateshead council area

There are 15 children's care services in the Gateshead council area registered with the Care Quality Commission. 8 carry a published CQC rating, and 8 of those are rated Good or Outstanding. The other 7 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 £21.27 an hour in 2023-24, the 72nd highest of 150 councils in England and 0% above the £21.19 median. That is 15 of the 50 home care services across the Gateshead 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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Eternity Care Ltd

Chester Le Street, Gateshead

GoodCQC, Aug 2023

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

Gateshead

Not yet rated · on the register 15 years

  • Caring for children (0 - 18yrs)
  • Sensory impairments
  • Caring for adults under 65 yrs
  • +4 more
Hourly rate
not published
Pays carers for travel
not published
Shortest visit
not published
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Steps Support

Newcastle Upon Tyne, Gateshead

GoodCQC, Nov 2021

  • 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
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Seco Support (North East)

Newcastle Upon Tyne, Gateshead

GoodCQC, Jul 2022

  • Caring for children (0 - 18yrs)
  • Sensory impairments
  • Caring for adults under 65 yrs
  • +4 more
Hourly rate
not published
Pays carers for travel
not published
Shortest visit
not published
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Nupath Care Gateshead

Gateshead

Not yet rated · on the register 4 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
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Carers Trust Tyne and Wear

Rowlands Gill, Gateshead

GoodCQC, Apr 2020

  • 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
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Whickham 1

Newcastle Upon Tyne, Gateshead

GoodCQC, Jul 2021

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

Gateshead

GoodCQC, Aug 2021

  • 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
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E2E Homecare

Gateshead

Not yet rated · on the register 3 years

  • Caring for children (0 - 18yrs)
  • Sensory impairments
  • Caring for adults under 65 yrs
  • +4 more
Hourly rate
not published
Pays carers for travel
not published
Shortest visit
not published
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Prestige Nursing And Care Gateshead.

Gateshead

Newly registered, not yet rated

  • Caring for children (0 - 18yrs)
  • Sensory impairments
  • Caring for adults under 65 yrs
  • +3 more
Hourly rate
not published
Pays carers for travel
not published
Shortest visit
not published
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Bluebird Care (Gateshead)

Gateshead

GoodCQC, Mar 2019

  • Caring for children (0 - 18yrs)
  • Sensory impairments
  • Caring for adults under 65 yrs
  • +4 more
Hourly rate
not published
Pays carers for travel
not published
Shortest visit
not published
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Nurtured Care NE

Gateshead

Not yet rated · on the register 8 years

  • Caring for children (0 - 18yrs)
  • Caring for adults under 65 yrs
  • Dementia
  • +4 more
Hourly rate
not published
Pays carers for travel
not published
Shortest visit
not published
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Children's care in Gateshead: questions people ask

How much does children's care cost in the Gateshead council area?
Agencies in the Gateshead 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. Gateshead paid £21.27 an hour for the care it commissioned in 2023-24.
Will the council pay for children's care in the Gateshead council area?
Gateshead 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 £21.27 an hour in 2023-24, the 72nd highest 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 Gateshead council area are rated best?
8 of the 15 services in the Gateshead council area carry a published CQC rating and 8 of those, 100%, are rated Good or Outstanding. None is rated Outstanding. A rating describes the service on the day it was inspected, so check the report date as well as the word.
Is the Gateshead council area well served for children's care?
15 of the 50 home care services in the Gateshead council area are registered to support this, 30%, 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 Gateshead 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. 7 of the 15 services in the Gateshead 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.