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Learning disability care in the Knowsley council area

There are 16 learning disability care services in the Knowsley council area registered with the Care Quality Commission. 10 carry a published CQC rating, and 8 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 £19.68 an hour in 2023-24, the 30th lowest of 150 councils in England and 7% below the £21.19 median. That is 16 of the 28 home care services across the Knowsley 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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Heron Care Limited

Prescot, Knowsley

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
Shortest visit
not published
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Utopia Social Care

Liverpool, Knowsley

GoodCQC, Dec 2018

  • 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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IDEM Living Ltd

Prescot, Knowsley

GoodCQC, Oct 2018

  • Caring for adults under 65 yrs
  • Learning disabilities
Hourly rate
not published
Pays carers for travel
not published
Shortest visit
not published
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Knowsley Supported Living

Liverpool, Knowsley

Newly registered, not yet rated

  • Sensory impairments
  • Caring for adults under 65 yrs
  • Dementia
  • +5 more
Hourly rate
not published
Pays carers for travel
not published
Shortest visit
not published
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JW Homecare

Liverpool, Knowsley

GoodCQC, Sept 2018

  • 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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Mercy & Clara Healthcare Ltd

Liverpool, Knowsley

Not yet rated · on the register 6 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
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Cera Prescot

Liverpool, Knowsley

InadequateCQC, Oct 2023

  • 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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The Halewood Centre

Liverpool, Knowsley

Not yet rated · on the register 15 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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Bolt Care Services

Prescot, Knowsley

Not yet rated · on the register 4 years

  • Sensory impairments
  • Caring for adults under 65 yrs
  • Dementia
  • +5 more
Hourly rate
not published
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not published
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Learning disability care in Knowsley: questions people ask

How much does learning disability care cost in the Knowsley council area?
Agencies in the Knowsley 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. Knowsley paid £19.68 an hour for the care it commissioned in 2023-24.
Will the council pay for learning disability care in the Knowsley council area?
Knowsley 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 £19.68 an hour in 2023-24, the 30th 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 learning disability care services in the Knowsley council area are rated best?
10 of the 16 services in the Knowsley council area carry a published CQC rating and 8 of those, 80%, are rated Good or Outstanding. 1 is rated Outstanding, the top grade: Knowsley Network and Shared Lives Scheme. A rating describes the service on the day it was inspected, so check the report date as well as the word.
Is the Knowsley council area well served for learning disability care?
16 of the 28 home care services in the Knowsley council area are registered to support this, 57%, 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 the Knowsley 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 16 services in the Knowsley 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.