Care staff for services in Manchester

Who regulates care in Manchester

Care services in Manchester are registered and inspected by the Care Quality Commission, and children’s homes by Ofsted. England has no register for care workers, so every worker we put forward for a Manchester service has an enhanced DBS check with the barred list the role needs, references from recent care work and training records that we have checked ourselves.

Nurses are checked on the NMC register before their first shift, and social workers against the Social Work England register.

Care regulator

Care Quality Commission (CQC) for adult social care. Ofsted registers and inspects children’s homes.

Criminal record checks

Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). Care roles are usually checked at enhanced level, with the adults’ or children’s barred list where the work is regulated activity.

Workforce register

No national register for care workers. Nurses are on the NMC register, and social workers must be registered with Social Work England.

Council

• Manchester City Council

NHS integrated care board

• NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board
• Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Care services in Manchester

Adult social care in the city is delivered through the Manchester Local Care Organisation, a partnership between Manchester City Council and Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust that began in 2018. Council staff are deployed to it to deliver adult social care services.

In its assessment of the council, published in August 2026, the CQC rated Manchester’s adult social care as good. It reported a shortfall in available nursing beds, noted that the council’s fee uplift included funding for the Real Living Wage, and heard that international recruitment had reduced the need for local recruitment fairs.

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust employs over 28,000 staff across ten hospitals on seven sites, so nursing homes in the city compete with a very large NHS employer for registered nurses.

Metrolink, the UK’s largest light rail network with 99 stops on eight lines, helps staff reach many services without a car. The nearest stop to Wythenshawe Hospital is Roundthorn, less than five minutes’ walk away.

Demand for high-end complex nursing care was the area of most pressure across the city’s care homes, and the council projects a need for an additional 100 nursing care beds by 2029. Its homecare contract was redesigned with providers and more than 180 citizens, and retendered in late 2024.

Settings and roles we staff in Manchester

We recruit for every setting and role below across Manchester and Greater Manchester.

Areas near Manchester

• Liverpool
• Leeds
• Sheffield
• All areas we cover