Question 1

How much does learning disability care cost in the Cheltenham council area?

Accepted Answer

Agencies in the Cheltenham 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. Gloucestershire paid £26.61 an hour for the care it commissioned in 2023-24.

Question 2

Will the council pay for learning disability care in the Cheltenham council area?

Accepted Answer

Gloucestershire 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 £26.61 an hour in 2023-24, the 6th 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.

Question 3

Which learning disability care services in the Cheltenham council area are rated best?

Accepted Answer

11 of the 14 services in the Cheltenham council area carry a published CQC rating and 10 of those, 91%, are rated Good or Outstanding. 1 is rated Outstanding, the top grade: Saracen Care Services Ltd. A rating describes the service on the day it was inspected, so check the report date as well as the word.

Question 4

Is the Cheltenham council area well served for learning disability care?

Accepted Answer

14 of the 28 home care services in the Cheltenham council area are registered to support this, 50%, against 54% across England. That is less well served than most places, so widening your search may help. Registration is permission rather than specialisation, so it sets the size of the list rather than its quality.

Question 5

How do I choose a learning disability care agency in the Cheltenham council area?

Accepted Answer

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. 3 of the 14 services in the Cheltenham 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.

Learning disability care in the Cheltenham council area

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Expeditions Living

Safehands Recruitment Ltd

Benhall Care

Person Centred Care

Care at Home

Brighter Home Care

Retain Healthcare Limited - Cheltenham

Cheltenham Supported Living

Raynsford Domiciliary Care

Merit Care Ltd

Saracen Care Services Ltd

Orchard Leigh

Hope Care Service Agency

Community Learning Disabilities

Learning disability care in Cheltenham: questions people ask