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Learning disability care in Chester

There are 16 learning disability care services in Chester registered with the Care Quality Commission. 12 carry a published CQC rating, and 12 of those are rated Good or Outstanding. The other 4 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 Chester is arranged by Cheshire West and Chester, which paid providers £21.85 an hour in 2023-24, the 54th highest of 150 councils in England and 3% above the £21.19 median. That is 16 of the 27 home care services in Chester. Registration sets what a service is allowed to provide. It does not say how well it does it, so read the inspection report and ring two or three before you decide.

What home care costs in Chester

None of the 16 services in Chester have published their rates here yet. Ring two or three and ask. Most will quote over the phone.

For comparison, the Homecare Association puts the minimum sustainable price at £34.42 an hour for 2026-27. That covers careworker pay at the statutory minimum for all working time including travel, mileage, wage-related costs, and the minimum cost of running a compliant care business.

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Cheshire West and Chester paid independent agencies a median of £21.85 an hour for the home care it commissioned in 2023-24, against the £34.42 the Homecare Association says it costs to deliver in 2026-27. What every council pays →

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Live Life Well Limited

Chester, Cheshire West and Chester

GoodCQC, Jan 2019

  • Sensory impairments
  • 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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Belgrave Care

Chester, Cheshire West and Chester

GoodCQC, Jun 2019

  • Sensory impairments
  • 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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Coronation Centre

Chester, Cheshire West and Chester

GoodCQC, Jul 2022

  • Caring for adults under 65 yrs
  • Learning disabilities
  • 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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Callin Court

Chester, Cheshire West and Chester

GoodCQC, Nov 2019

  • Sensory impairments
  • Dementia
  • Learning disabilities
  • +3 more
Hourly rate
not published
Pays carers for travel
not published
Shortest visit
not published
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Home Instead Chester

Chester, Cheshire West and Chester

GoodCQC, Oct 2019

  • Sensory impairments
  • 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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Special Needs Care Limited

Chester, Cheshire West and Chester

GoodCQC, Apr 2019

  • Learning disabilities
  • Mental health conditions
  • Physical disabilities
Hourly rate
not published
Pays carers for travel
not published
Shortest visit
not published
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Bevris Support

Chester, Cheshire West and Chester

GoodCQC, Mar 2019

  • 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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C4 Care Limited

Chester, Cheshire West and Chester

GoodCQC, Sept 2022

  • Caring for adults under 65 yrs
  • Dementia
  • Learning disabilities
  • +2 more
Hourly rate
not published
Pays carers for travel
not published
Shortest visit
not published
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Pinnacle Caring Services Limited

Chester, Cheshire West and Chester

Not yet rated · on the register 10 years

  • Sensory impairments
  • Learning disabilities
  • Mental health conditions
  • +2 more
Hourly rate
not published
Pays carers for travel
not published
Shortest visit
not published
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Beech House

Chester, Cheshire West and Chester

Not yet rated · on the register 2 years

  • 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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Helping Hands Chester

Chester, Cheshire West and Chester

GoodCQC, Jan 2020

  • Sensory impairments
  • Caring for adults under 65 yrs
  • Dementia
  • +3 more
Hourly rate
not published
Pays carers for travel
not published
Shortest visit
not published
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The Chester Link

Chester, Cheshire West and Chester

GoodCQC, Oct 2018

  • Dementia
  • Learning disabilities
  • Mental health conditions
  • +1 more
Hourly rate
not published
Pays carers for travel
not published
Shortest visit
not published
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Adada Care Services(Cheshire)

Chester, Cheshire West and Chester

Not yet rated · on the register 5 years

  • Sensory impairments
  • 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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Learning disability care in Chester: questions people ask

How much does learning disability care cost in Chester?
None of the 16 services in Chester publish a price, so you get a figure by ringing them: most quote by the hour after an assessment. 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. Cheshire West and Chester paid £21.85 an hour for the care it commissioned in 2023-24.
Will the council pay for learning disability care in Chester?
Cheshire West and Chester 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 £21.85 an hour in 2023-24, the 54th 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 learning disability care services in Chester are rated best?
12 of the 16 services in Chester carry a published CQC rating and 12 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 Chester well served for learning disability care?
16 of the 27 home care services in Chester are registered to support this, 59%, against 54% 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 learning disability care agency in Chester?
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. 4 of the 16 services in Chester 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.

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