Home Care Preferred franchise

Home Care Preferred has established a strong track record - and enviable reputation- for delivering quality home care services.

It is now seeking franchise partners throughout the UK, to assist in making sure that the nation’s elderly and infirm can enjoy independent living with dignity.

The offer is to enjoy your own exclusive territory for this highly rewarding care franchise opportunity.

London-based Home Care Preferred prides itself on creating a community atmosphere at its offices, as well as supporting a strong and proven business model.

Their aim is to have thriving franchise operations in all locations, which all adhere to the company’s important ethos.

It is possible to provide high quality and efficient care services, in a warm and responsive way.

This person-centred care approach starts right back at each Home Care Preferred offices. The company believes that they should be places that potential clients and their families can visit, for a chat and a cup of tea, always sure of a warm welcome.

From this warm and open basis, home care services can be matched to specific client needs and preferences. This could range from occasional visits to the client's home to provide care activities, right through to live-in support to enable people to stay in their own home for as long as possible.

Under the Home Care Preferred franchise model, each business owner receives at least 15 days of unpaid training.

This will ensure they have an in-depth understanding of the systems and procedures that govern the care sector, as well as a strong grasp of the company’s business ethos and systems.

This is then backed up by an ongoing package of support and continuous professional development.

Home Care Preferred assists franchise offices with both local and national marketing, to help generate clients and valuable local connections.

The extensive franchise support also includes assistance to recruit care staff, as well as an instant website and help with premises; all of which can ensure that you can be established and trading as quickly as possible.

As the company is willing to share both its successful business model and well-established reputation with its growing network of franchisees, it is selective in the way it chooses its partners.

Previous care experience is not vital to be a Home Care Preferred franchisee. However, genuine empathy and dedication are considered to be vital attributes.

This is a highly rewarding sector, but demanding and exacting.

That means a good business management ability is also required, alongside integrity and absolute adherence to safeguarding standards.

The inspirational founder of Home Care Preferred established the company in 2011. Ken Waterhouse based it on his own experiences in caring for a terminally ill relative and in response to some of the negative headlines that impacted the UK care industry at the time.

The company has since grown and developed, and gone on to win the prestigious award of Health Care Investor “Best Home Care Provider 2016”.