The growth of care options as the NHS struggles to cope is leading to more jobs and revenue in the North East.

National care provider, Exemplar Health Care, is currently recruiting for over 150 positions for its new Stockton care home, which is set to open in early 2023.

Tees Grange, which will be Exemplar Health Care’s first care home in Stockton, will support 30 adults living with complex needs. The care home provider is looking to recruit for a variety of roles including health care assistants, registered nurses, physiotherapists and occupational therapists.

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Exemplar Health Care has more than 35 care homes – and counting - across Yorkshire, the Midlands, North East and North West. The national care provider has had great success creating purpose-built homes, through both new builds and refurbishments, including the CQC ‘Outstanding’ rated Tyne Grange.

Catherine Pearson home manager at Tees Grange, said: “We are delighted to be opening our first home in County Durham, bringing over 150 jobs to the local area.”

Exemplar Health Care offers a range of careers and access to training programmes including in-house apprenticeships and qualifications such as CPD certified training in people management, talent management and leadership and management programmes.

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Meanwhile, a new homecare service – set up in the midst of the pandemic – is celebrating a period of rapid growth.

Newcastle-based Happiest At Home was created to deal with the ever-growing national problem facing individuals and their families who need support, but don’t want to go into residential care.

The success of the company’s system led to a nationwide demand for their tailormade service – and a first year turnover of around £1million.

The organisation, based at Dobson House, Gosforth, has tried to address some of the challenges faced by statutory home care providers and the pressure they are under.

The system – plus rates of pay among the best in the country– has seen them attract widespread interest in jobs, including from a number of qualified nurses.

Sam Hackett, director at Happiest at Home, said: “We launched in November 2021 and have grown much faster than we anticipated. We knew what the challenges were that needed to be addressed to create a service that worked for both care staff and for clients.

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“We know the majority of people want to keep their independence and prefer to remain in their own homes,” said Sam.

As well as across the North East, Happiest at Home now has clients as far afield as Scotland, Northern Ireland and across the south of the country.

“Everyone is well aware that the care industry is in real crisis,” said Sam.

“We believe that what we are doing is a way of keeping people working within this industry and getting well paid for it.”