Home care agency · Bognor Regis
Support Workers Direct
Typical fee here £30–£37 an hour Estimate
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- 6 York Road, Bognor Regis, PO21 1LT
- Run by
- The Aldingbourne Trust (4 services)
- Type of provider
- Charity (registered charity 276484)
- Service
- Home care agency, Supported living
- Dementia
- Not listed as a specialism with CQC; ask the provider
- Registered with CQC
- January 2018 (8 years)
- Registered manager
- Daniel Sean Bryant
- Company check
- Active, trading since 1978 (48 years), accounts up to date (Companies House 01385053)
- Last CQC check
- 3 Apr 2019
- Typical fees Estimated
- £30–£37 an hour for visiting care, weekdays; live-in £1,450–£1,770 a week. An estimate based on local published fees. Ask for a written quote. How we estimate
Licensed by CQC for: Personal care
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Read the full CQC inspection report · CQC location ID 1-4659802815
Introducing Support Workers Direct
Support Workers Direct is a CQC-registered home care agency that also provides supported living in Bognor Regis, run by The Aldingbourne Trust. Its CQC registration covers older people, including people living with learning disabilities.
At its most recent rating, CQC judged it Good overall (April 2019). It is one of 57 CQC-registered home care agencies that have an office within 7 miles of Bognor Regis; 41 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Strengths and weak spots in the ratings
All five areas CQC looks at are rated Good for Support Workers Direct: no single area stands out above or below the rest.
For leadership (Well-led), it shares its Good rating with 120 of the 148 other agencies in West Sussex that CQC has rated.
What CQC's inspectors reported
- About the service: Support Workers Direct provides care and support to people living in a 'supported living' setting, so that they can live in their own home as independently as possible.
- People's care and housing are provided under separate contractual agreements.
- Support Workers Direct is registered to provide personal care services to people with learning disabilities living within supported living accommodation.
- One of the supported living locations supported young people as a transition whilst they were at college and learning to become independent.
Inspected 27 February 2019; report published 3 April 2019. From the regulator's own summary (Open Government Licence). Read the full report.
Budgeting for this agency
We estimate visits from Support Workers Direct at £30–£37 an hour (visiting care, weekdays), based on published prices in the region. As an example, an hour each morning and a 30-minute evening call comes to about £350 a week.
Regional live-in prices sit at roughly £1,450–£1,770 per week.
West Sussex Council can help with costs for people with savings under £23,250, starting with a free assessment.
Safe, effective, caring, responsive, well-led
- Safe136 of 149 in West Sussex
- Effective138 of 149 in West Sussex
- Caring140 of 149 in West Sussex
- Responsive135 of 149 in West Sussex
- Well-led121 of 149 in West Sussex
CQC key question ratings, published 3 April 2019. Under each rating: how many agencies in West Sussex share it.
Who they support
Registration details from CQC.
How it fits locally
There are 15 other agencies within 3 miles, 10 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is Acre Care Limited, under 0.5 miles away.
Every one of the 18 nearest rated agencies has a more recent rating than this one, so ask what has changed since its inspection.
Who runs it
Support Workers Direct is run by The Aldingbourne Trust (company 01385053), incorporated in 1978, 39 years before this service registered with CQC.
At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 7 active directors and there is no insolvency history.
Its registered business activity is care for people with learning disabilities, mental health problems or substance misuse and other social work without accommodation.
The Aldingbourne Trust runs 4 CQC-registered services; 3 of the 3 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (100%), against 88% for the same mix of services across England.
All 4 are in West Sussex, so it is a local operator rather than a national chain.
Past CQC ratings
- Apr 2019
- Today Rating 7 years old
The location's rating record from CQC, from first to latest.
Reports on the CQC website
- CQC inspection report 3 April 2019
Area and map
- Parliamentary constituency
- Bognor Regis and Littlehampton
- NHS integrated care board
- NHS Sussex Integrated Care Board
- Postcode district
- Home care in PO21 (13)
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History with CQC
Support Workers Direct has been registered with CQC since January 2018, about 8 years.
Its only published overall rating so far is Good, from April 2019.
It has gone 7 years without a new overall rating. CQC schedules inspections by risk, so this is not a bad sign in itself, though leadership may have moved on.
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Where Support Workers Direct stands locally
- Rated Good. Across West Sussex, 94% of the 147 rated home care agencies are Good or Outstanding and 5 are Outstanding.
- Its rating (April 2019) is more recent than 12% of agency ratings in West Sussex.
- Registered with CQC in 2018: it has been registered longer than 68% of home care agencies in the area.
- It lists 2 specialisms with CQC; the typical agency in West Sussex lists 6.
Comparison set: every registered home care agency in West Sussex, CQC data for Nov 2026.
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Quick answers about Support Workers Direct
- When was Support Workers Direct last inspected?
- The latest rating is dated 3 April 2019, 7 years ago; ask whether there have been changes since.
- Can Support Workers Direct care for someone with dementia?
- It is not registered with dementia as a specialism, so confirm with the provider whether it can meet that need.
- Is Support Workers Direct registered with CQC?
- Support Workers Direct is on the CQC register as a home care agency (ID 1-4659802815) and was rated Good overall in April 2019.
- What is Support Workers Direct's address?
- The agency works from 6 York Road, Bognor Regis, PO21 1LT; ask which postcodes its carers cover.
- How is Support Workers Direct rated for safety and leadership?
- By key question, CQC gave: Safe: Good; Effective: Good; Caring: Good; Responsive: Good; Well-led: Good. Safe and Well-led are the sections most worth your time.
- How much does care from Support Workers Direct cost?
- Support Workers Direct hasn't shared a price list with us. Visiting care typically costs £28–£38 an hour (typical 2026 prices in West Sussex). Get the quote in writing, including any extra charges.
- Who runs Support Workers Direct?
- The registered provider is The Aldingbourne Trust, according to CQC.
- What kind of care can Support Workers Direct offer?
- CQC lists Support Workers Direct under: homecare agencies, supported living. Check which of these it is actively providing now.
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Source: the CQC register as of Nov 2026 (Open Government Licence v3.0), with our own analysis. Anything marked "in the provider's own words" comes from the provider. The Care Panel does not provide care.