Companionship and getting out
Conversation, hobbies, a walk, a trip to the shops or a club, a familiar face who turns up when they say they will.
Haverton Home Care & Independence Support
Support at home in Swanley, Dartford, Orpington and nearby areas.
Available now: companionship and practical help through Haverton Independence Support. Future regulated Home Care is in development and is not available yet. Choose the information you need below.
Available now
Independence Support
Companionship, shopping, meals, appointments, carer breaks and agreed medication reminders. This service does not provide personal care.
Explore available supportIn development · Not available yet
Future Haverton Home Care
Planned regulated personal care will begin only after required CQC registration, governance, safe staffing and operational-readiness arrangements are complete.
Explore future Home CareAvailable now
No personal care required? We can still help.
Haverton Independence Support provides practical and social support to adults who want to remain independent at home.
From shopping and companionship to appointments, community activities, meal preparation and agreed medication reminders, our service is built around what matters to you. Every client has a free home assessment and a written support plan, and we keep the same support worker wherever possible.
What you can expect
- A free home assessment and a written support plan
- The same support worker wherever possible
- Enhanced-DBS checked, trained staff led by a former registered manager
- Medication reminders and prompting, properly recorded
- Family updates by phone or email, with the person’s agreement
- A clear written quote, no minimum contract, seven days’ notice to stop
Help for an older parent
You know your mum or dad does not need a carer to wash or dress them. They just need somebody reliable checking in, doing the shopping, making sure the tablets are taken and getting them out of the house.
That is exactly what we do. You get a named support worker, a written plan, and updates by phone or email whenever your parent agrees.
Who we help
Independent people who want a little practical support.
Older people living alone. Families arranging help for a parent. Unpaid carers who need a planned break. People coming home from hospital who can manage themselves but need shopping, meals and reassurance for a while. People with a Direct Payment or Personal Budget who want to choose their own support.
If your personal care is provided by family or by a registered care agency, we can still provide the practical and social support alongside it.
Our services
What we can help with.
Every visit is planned around you. Choose what you need; change it whenever your needs change.
Shopping, errands and prescriptions
Shopping with you or for you, collecting prescriptions and running errands, with every penny recorded and every receipt kept.
Meals, housekeeping and laundry
Preparing meals and drinks you enjoy, light housekeeping, laundry and changing the bed.
Appointments and community
Accompanying you to GP, hospital and other appointments, and to community activities, clubs and visits.
Medication reminders
Reminding and prompting you to take your own medicines, recorded on a proper chart, with your GP and pharmacy informed if you wish.
Carer breaks and support after hospital
Planned breaks for family carers, and our seven-day Home Again package for the first week back from hospital.
What it costs
A personalised quote, agreed before we start.
Every person’s week is different, so we give you a clear written quote after your free home assessment, with nothing to pay until you have agreed it. There is no VAT to add and no minimum contract. We invoice every two weeks and you can pay by bank transfer, card or direct debit. You have a 14-day right to cancel any new agreement.
Minimum standard visit 60 minutes; medication and welfare visits 30 minutes. Visits cancelled with less than 24 hours’ notice are charged unless the cancellation is due to hospital admission or bereavement.
Paying for support
Direct Payments and self-funders welcome.
If you receive a Direct Payment or Personal Budget from Kent, Bexley or Bromley, you can use it to buy our support. We provide the itemised monthly invoices and records your council needs.
If you pay for yourself, there is no minimum contract and you can stop with seven days’ notice.
Shared areas for Independence Support and future Home Care
Both services share the same geographic coverage: the Haverton Home Care locations already listed on our website, together with nearby towns, villages and communities within approximately 10 miles in a straight line of our Swanley base.
Independence Support is available now. Regulated Home Care is in development and will begin only after all required registration and operational-readiness arrangements are complete. Please confirm visit availability for your address and preferred times.
Swanley and nearby villages: Swanley, Hextable, Crockenhill, Farningham, Eynsford, Horton Kirby, South Darenth, Darenth, Sutton-at-Hone, West Kingsdown, Well Hill.
Dartford and Sevenoaks districts: Dartford, Greenhithe, Swanscombe, Longfield, Hartley, New Ash Green, Bean, Wilmington, Stone, Sevenoaks, Otford, Kemsing, Halstead.
Gravesham: Gravesend, Northfleet, Istead Rise, Meopham.
Bexley: Bexley, Bexleyheath, Welling, Sidcup, Blackfen, Erith, Crayford, Slade Green, Barnehurst, Belvedere.
Bromley: Bromley, Orpington, Petts Wood, Chislehurst, St Mary Cray, St Paul’s Cray, Chelsfield, Farnborough, Green Street Green.
Additional nearby areas include Swanley Village and Catford, alongside the local villages and communities listed below. See the original Home Care location details.
Nearby Swanley villages: Swanley Village, Crockenhill, Hextable, Hockenden, Kevington, Farningham, Eynsford, Lullingstone, Joyden's Wood, Ruxley, Hawley, Wilmington, Well Hill, Sutton-at-Hone, Horton Kirby and South Darenth.
The local radius adds nearby communities to the named Home Care locations above; it does not replace or remove those locations. Tell us your postcode and preferred visit times so we can confirm suitable arrangements before you book. Road journeys can be longer, especially across the Thames. These are service areas, not branch offices.
View additional towns, villages and communities within about 10 miles
This geographical list uses place reference points within an approximate 10-mile radius. A town's outer neighbourhoods may extend beyond the radius. Please check availability for your address.
Abbey Wood, Addington, Ash, Aveley, Badgers Mount, Barnehurst, Basted, Bean, Beckenham, Belhus, Belvedere, Berry's Green, Betsham, Bexley, Bexleyheath, Bickley, Biggin Hill, Bitchet Green, Blackheath, Bopeep.
Borough Green, Brasted, Brasted Chart, Bromley, Burlings, Carter's Hill, Catford, Charlton, Chelsfield, Chevening, Chipstead, Kent, Chislehurst, Claygate Cross, Clement Street, Cobham, Coldblow, Crayford, Crockenhill, Crofton Park, Cudham.
Darenth, Dartford, Downe, Dryhill, Dunton Green, East Hill, Ebbsfleet Valley, Elmers End, Eltham, Erith, Eynsford, Fairseat, Farnborough, Farningham, Farthing Street, Fawkham, Fawkham Green, Fickleshole, Foots Cray, Force Green.
Foxendown, French Street, Goathurst Common, Godden Green, Gold Street, Gravesend, Green Street Green, Greenhithe, Grubb Street, Halstead, Hartley, Harvel, Hawley, Hayes, Hazelwood, Heaverham, Henhurst, Henley Street, Hextable, Hockenden.
Hodsoll Street, Hook Green, Horns Green, Horton Kirby, Hulberry, Ightham, Istead Rise, Ivy Hatch, Joyden's Wood, Kemsing, Kevington, Kidbrooke, Knockholt, Knockholt Pound, Knole, Labour-in-vain, Ladywell, Leaves Green, Lee, Locksbottom.
Longfield, Longfield Hill, Luddesdown, Lullingstone, Luxted, Maplescombe, Maypole, Meopham, Mottingham, Nash, Nash Street, New Barn, New Eltham, New Street, North Cray, North Woolwich, Northfleet, Northfleet Green, Oldbury, Orpington.
Otford, Platt, Plumstead, Pratt's Bottom, Priestwood, Purfleet-on-Thames, Rainham, Ridley, Romney Street, Round Street, Ruxley, Seal, Sepham Heath, Sevenoaks, Shirley, Shoreham, Shortlands, Sidcup, Slade Green, Sole Street.
South Darenth, South Ockendon, South Street, Southfleet, Speed Gate, St Margarets, St Mary Cray, Stansted, Stifford, Stone, Stone Street, Stonehill Green, Styants Bottom, Sundridge, Sutton at Hone, Swanley, Swanley Village, Swanscombe, Tatsfield, Thamesmead.
Tilbury, Trottiscliffe, Twitton, Upper Ruxley, Vigo Village, Weald, Well Hill, Welling, Wennington, West Kingsdown, West Thurrock, West Wickham, West Yoke, Westerham, Whitley Row, Wilmington, Woodlands, Wrotham, Wrotham Heath.
Place-name data: GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Distances are approximate straight-line distances, not driving distances.
Why families choose Haverton
- Led by a former registered manager
- A free assessment and a written support plan for every client
- The same support worker wherever possible
- Safe medication support with proper records
- A clear written quote and a clear statement of what we do and do not do
- A local team you can telephone and reach
Get in touch
Tell us what would help.
Call 01322 879778, email info@havertoncare.co.uk, or use the form and we will call you within one working day. The first home assessment is free and there is no obligation.
In development · Not available yet
Future Haverton Home Care
Haverton Care is preparing for future domiciliary care services. Regulated personal care is not being provided yet.
Care at home should protect independence.
Future Haverton Home Care services are being planned around each person's routines, choices, risks, strengths, preferences and goals.
What will guide future care
- Dignity, choice and independence
- Respect, safety and familiar routines
- Clear communication
- Involvement of families and representatives
- Person-centred planning
- Reliable and consistent support
Planned future services
Every service below is subject to registration, safe staffing and operational readiness.
Planned visiting and hourly care
Support with daily routines, personal care, meals, medication prompts, companionship and practical assistance.
Explore planned visiting care →Planned live-in care
Longer-term support for people who may need a consistent care presence at home.
Explore planned live-in care →Planned respite care
Short-term support to give family carers time to rest, attend appointments or manage other responsibilities.
Explore planned respite care →Planned specialist support
Support for people with dementia, Parkinson's, long-term conditions, reduced mobility or other complex needs where these can be met safely.
Explore planned specialist support →View the shared locations for both services
Future Home Care interest is separate from an enquiry about currently available Independence Support.
Important information. Haverton Independence Support is a trading name of Haverton Care Limited, registered in England and Wales, company number 17025493. Registered office 128 City Road, London EC1V 2NX. This service does not provide Personal Care and is not a CQC-regulated service. Haverton Care Limited’s separate application to the Care Quality Commission for regulated home care is unaffected by, and separate from, this service.
Talk to Haverton Care
Book a free home assessment.
A conversation costs nothing. Tell us what would make life at home easier and we will tell you honestly whether we can help.