A game-changing franchise, build with the Franchisee in mind
Based upon past experiences in franchising, the Bridgewater Home Care franchise provides the opportunity to build a successful and sustainable business for the future, whilst truly reaping the benefits of flexibility and work-life balance.
Welcome to the Bridgewater Home Care Franchise
Bridgewater Home Care is a well-established domiciliary care brand with decades of experience in the health and social care sector.
Established in 2010, the business seeks to expand its presence in the marketplace through a network of strong, passionate and committed franchisees.
The brand has already expanded its regional presence with 3 pilot locations that have achieved years of success after implementing the Bridgewater Home Care model of privately funded care at home, specialising in the care of those living with a form of dementia.
“I am delighted that our first franchise partner has smashed revenue targets fourfold!” - Phil Eckersley – Owner of Bridgewater Home Care Franchise
Bridgewater Home Care are not only renowned for the quality of care delivered but the excellent working conditions for their care team.
This has been recognised after an independent survey carried out by Smith + Henderson rated the Employee Satisfaction at 98%. In addition the company has also won multiple awards for Employer of the Year, Wellbeing in the Workplace and Training and Development, and recently regional ‘Game Changer’ of the year.
“When we came across the Bridgewater Home Care Franchise opportunity, we were immediately attracted to their ‘family more than a company’ ethos.” - Franchisee
The Investment
The initial franchise fee is £35,000 (+ VAT) with the anticipated total investment required being in the region of £100,000 - £120,000 inclusive of the initial franchise fee.
Finance is available through the major banks or through third parties.
“Bridgewater Home Care are in a unique position of being a franchisor with hands on past experience of being a franchisee.” – Franchise Professional
What do you get for your investment?
Bridgewater Home Care will provide you with everything you need to start, operate and grow a successful and sustainable business.
- A tried-and-tested business model
- Your own protected territory in the UK
- In depth launch training
- Ongoing support, mentoring and visits
- Recruitment and retention support
- Your local website and marketing profile
- Comprehensive Operations Manual
- Policies and Procedures for every process in the business
- Compliance support to meet and exceed CQC requirements.
- Low monthly service fee
We provide all the operational essentials so you can focus on what is important, growing your business!
“I couldn’t ask for a better mentor and team.” - Franchisee
Who are we looking for?
- Someone who is willing to commit full-time to the business venture
- Those willing to trust in the franchise model, that has over a decade of success
- Those who are happy to collaborate and work closely with the national office team, for support and business development
- Motivated individuals who share our values and ethos
- Those with a strong desire to make a difference in the local community
Having fun is an important element to owning a Bridgewater Home Care franchise - we build this into everything that we do.
If you want to have an exciting and rewarding business with lots of opportunities to socialise and develop yourself as an individual, we are the franchise for you.
Our managing director and founder, Phil Eckersley, is a qualified in Strategic Leadership and will be on hand to guide you through your franchising journey.
The Market
The need for our services is self-evident. Everybody knows that the care market is one of the few that remain buoyant during adverse economic conditions.
What is important is that you have the right business model to capture the market and create a successful, sustainable long-term business. This is where Bridgewater Home Care are different.
The Rewards
With a Bridgewater Home Care Franchise you can be confident that you are investing into a business model with longevity and enormous potential.
You are never alone, we are always there to support you, share best practice and overcome any challenges.
You have a great opportunity to earn a substantial income by doing what you enjoy and doing it well. This opportunity finds the balance between social rewards and financial returns.
A sneak-peak into our Bridgewater Home Care Training sessions
We are extremely proud of our award-winning training programme for both new starters and continuous learners and want to give you a ‘behind the scenes’ look into how we prepare, educate, and train our team for their new journey into care!
At Bridgewater Home Care we place huge importance on our training and development. It is vital to us that our team are well-equipped for beginning their role as a Care Specialist, and that they feel competent and supported within their role.
Each new team member will spend between 3-5 days shadowing, where they follow an experienced Care Specialist to learn how to be a Bridgewater Care Specialist! At the end of this period, new team members must have demonstrated a high level of competency and understanding, which will then allow them to begin their role in earnest out in the community as a Care Specialist with Bridgewater Home Care – a cut above the rest!
Once happy in their role, all of our team members are actively encouraged and rewarded to continue their learning and development with our online Care Certificate as well as offering staff members the opportunity to complete a variety of accredited short courses to specialise in different areas of care.
All of our training is carried out in-house by our own training team, so we are always there to answer any questions or queries our team might have. From online courses to practical sessions and workplace shadowing, we provide everything our new team members need to feel prepared and confident to deliver care in the community, this means that it isn’t necessary to have any prior experience of care!
During this particular week’s training session, our new Care Specialists were getting to grips with Moving and Handling and took part in a practical session led by training manager, Maxine.
Here is what some of our new Care Specialists had to say about their experiences of the training course:
“I found the training very enjoyable, enabling people to interact as little or as much as they wanted. It was a structured programme, covering many areas. It gave me confidence and prepared me well to go out and complete some shadowing shifts.” - Julie
“I think that the training is a good representation of care work and prepares new staff for the role. The training online is comprehensive and the face to face training was excellent and very enjoyable, everyone's views were recognised and all questions and queries were answered fully.
The training also provides an opportunity to meet other new staff, the training team, and the office staff. All the staff are approachable and very supportive. This support continues when you are working in home care with Bridgewater as the on-call team are knowledgeable and you are encouraged to ask questions and ask for advice.” - Suzanne
“The training was very informative and introduces the trainees to the duties and responsibilities entailed within their future role as a Care Specialist.” - Sarah
“The training prepared me by showing me different scenarios that staff are placed in. The training was thoroughly enjoyable and fun and it prepared me to work in care.” - Stacey
We try to make our training sessions as fun and interactive as possible, ensuring that our new team members are introduced to real-life situations and develop the skills to make them an outstanding Bridgewater Care Specialist!
We also encourage all our team to keep in touch with one another to help form long lasting bonds between colleagues, who are there for support, not only on a professional level, but also as a friend.
Once a fully qualified Bridgewater Care Specialist, we then continue to offer career progression opportunities to our team, whether they want to develop in their current role or pursue different roles within the business – there are so many different opportunities for our team.
The Franchise Opportunity
The Bridgewater Home Care franchise opportunity provides those with a passion for delivering high quality care a chance to run their own sustainable and successful business.
Their business model has been refined over the past few years to ensure it provides a successful platform for business owners to thrive in the sector. The opportunity provides franchisees with exceptional ongoing support and allows a better work life balance to be achieved, with greater financial freedom and autonomy.
Bridgewater Home Care are delighted to be offering a limited amount of spaces for their Franchise Pioneer Programme, giving their initial franchise partners access to an accelerated growth programme and a lower initial franchise fee.
Introducing the Bridgewater Home Care Franchise Opportunity
