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Children's care in the Maidstone council area

There are 13 children's care services in the Maidstone council area registered with the Care Quality Commission. 5 carry a published CQC rating, and 5 of those are rated Good or Outstanding. The other 8 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. Adult social care in the Maidstone council area is arranged by Kent, which paid providers £26.55 an hour in 2023-24, the 7th highest of 150 councils in England and 25% above the £21.19 median. That is 13 of the 59 home care services across the Maidstone 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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Xtracare Ltd

Maidstone, Kent

GoodCQC, Jan 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
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not published
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Caremark Maidstone

Maidstone, Kent

GoodCQC, Aug 2021

  • 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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Maidstone, Kent

Maidstone, Kent

Not yet rated · on the register 3 years

  • Caring for children (0 - 18yrs)
  • Caring for adults under 65 yrs
  • Dementia
  • +3 more
Hourly rate
not published
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not published
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not published
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CCS Care Ltd

Maidstone, Kent

Not yet rated · on the register 3 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
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not published
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LOD Care and Case Management Ltd

Tonbridge, Kent

Not yet rated · on the register 4 years

  • Caring for children (0 - 18yrs)
  • Sensory impairments
  • Caring for adults under 65 yrs
  • +2 more
Hourly rate
not published
Pays carers for travel
not published
Shortest visit
not published
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Avengers Prime Care

Ashford, Kent

Not yet rated · on the register 5 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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The BIS Services - DCS

Maidstone, Kent

Not yet rated · on the register 3 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
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Dickley Court

Maidstone, Kent

Not yet rated · on the register 11 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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Continuity of Care Services Limited

Maidstone, Kent

GoodCQC, Dec 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
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not published
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Nurse Plus UK - Maidstone

Maidstone, Kent

Newly registered, not yet rated

  • Caring for children (0 - 18yrs)
  • Sensory impairments
  • Caring for adults under 65 yrs
  • +7 more
Hourly rate
not published
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not published
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Children's care in Maidstone: questions people ask

How much does children's care cost in the Maidstone council area?
Agencies in the Maidstone 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. Kent paid £26.55 an hour for the care it commissioned in 2023-24.
Will the council pay for children's care in the Maidstone council area?
Kent 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 £26.55 an hour in 2023-24, the 7th 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 Maidstone council area are rated best?
5 of the 13 services in the Maidstone council area carry a published CQC rating and 5 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 Maidstone council area well served for children's care?
13 of the 59 home care services in the Maidstone council area are registered to support this, 22%, against 20% across England. That is about average. 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 Maidstone 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. 8 of the 13 services in the Maidstone 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.