Cardea Healthcare

Transform Lives with The Gold Standard in Care, Cardea Healthcare

We are a care and support provider, that provides healthcare services to people within their own homes and in care homes.

Our aim is to enable those in the community to be as independent as possible for as long as they are able, whilst enabling them to remain within their own homes.

Our services include personal care, such as help with bathing, dressing, and medication management, as well as assistance with meal preparation, housekeeping, and companionship.

In addition to the regulated services that we offer in the community, we also provide agency recruitment to care services in the form of permanent and temporary recruitment.

What we do: We offer the following services to our clients:

• Permanent Recruitment
• Temporary Staffing Solutions
• Live-In Care
• Home Care
• Community Support Work

How Cardea Healthcare Stands Out

Cardea Healthcare are a fast-growing new franchising organisation so now is a great time to join our team of franchisees.

You will have the opportunity to work within a large territory to really maximise chances of success with ICB areas of up to 1,000,000 in population.

Being a Cardea Healthcare Franchisee doesn’t just help you start a business, it helps to solve a community need.

Cardea Healthcare is an award-winning brand with founder and Director Karen Neil being given EWIF’s New Woman Franchisor of the Year 2025 and a highly commended service at the Stars of Social Care Awards 2025.

Cardea healthcare are members of the British Franchise Association with the branch of Berkshire having a ‘GOOD’ CQC rating bringing strong brand awareness across the network.

Why Franchise with Us?

There are numerous benefits to franchising with Cardea. You won’t have to worry about cash flow, as we will introduce you to our reliable factoring partner. Since 2017, we’ve worked with them so franchise partners and their carers can be reassured of always being paid at the right time. Meanwhile, your clients pay their invoices through the factoring partner’s systems.

Further benefits include:

• Our reliability through high-quality care and recruitment services, along with a commitment to stringent standards
• We have a staffed out-of-hours service available to all clients and service users, 24/7/365
• We design bespoke care plans for each end user - some of which require full-time care – on an ongoing basis that can last for years, so our end users get exactly what they need
• We’ll show you how to establish and nurture relationships with crucial NHS Trusts and Local Authorities personnel to secure care packages efficiently.

Training & Support with Cardea Healthcare

We offer comprehensive training and ongoing support to help each franchisee fulfil their unique promise as part of our network.

We will:

• Train and guide you through our systems and processes and those of the regulators
• Assist you with getting set up on and communicating with CQC
• Give you access to our proven technology systems
• Help with tenders and bids and teach you how to sell
• Assist with winning spot contracts without getting bogged down in frameworks
• Show you how to write, implement and maintain bespoke care plans
• Train and support you on carer recruitment
• Explain how to establish, build and maintain fruitful relationships Introduce you to our factoring partner, who will manage to get the money paid in
• Assist you with troubleshooting potential issues before they become real problems
• Offer ongoing training whenever you or your team require it
• Share and advise on the latest health & safety policies, legislation and risk assessments
• Regularly work with you “on” the business Set up opportunities to unite franchisees to share ideas and best practices.

Day in The Life of a Franchisee

You will operate and manage the business on a day-to-day basis, employing a team of caregivers. Reputation is key to building the client base, and response times and honesty are paramount.

The highlights of your role will include:

• Building relationships with your NHS Trust and Local Authority
• Establishing and maintaining a team of carers that will do the work to the required standards and live by our values
• Bidding for and winning tenders and contracts
• Arranging carers for spot contracts
• Growing the business via recommendations and referrals, especially for private client work
• Providing permanent and temporary staff for care organisations
• Working in close partnership with Cardea Healthcare Franchise Head Office to grow together and learn from each other.

Who We are Looking For?

It’s vital for the success of the network and the business that we award franchises to the right candidates.

You must be keen to build relationships, recruit and manage carers, focus on success and be prepared to put in the necessary time to make it happen. You MUST be caring in nature.

If this sounds like you? Then fill in the form below and a member of the Cardea Healthcare team will reach out to you.