Care in Scotland
Housing support services in Highland
39 housing support services in Highland, run by 32 providers. Of the 39 with Care Inspectorate grades, 35 (90%) have no area graded below Good.
Registered services
39
run by 32 providers
Average grade
4.5 / 6
Scotland: 4.6. The mean of each service's key-question grades.
Graded in the last 12 months
56%
22 of 39. A grade describes a service on the day it was inspected.
How housing support services in Highland are graded
Each service's lowest key-question grade, from the Care Inspectorate (6 is Excellent, 1 is Unsatisfactory). 39 of 39 have published grades.
- Excellent (6) 1
- Very good (5) 10
- Good (4) 24
- Adequate (3) 3
- Weak (2) 1
- Unsatisfactory (1) 0
Housing support services in Highland
| Service | Town | Lowest grade | Graded |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Start Highland | Inverness | 6 Excellent | May 2019 |
| British Red Cross- Support at Home | Inverness | 5 Very good | Jun 2026 |
| Contrast Care Limited | Beauly | 5 Very good | Jun 2026 |
| Fraser Elite | Inverness | 5 Very good | Jul 2024 |
| Gateway Housing Support Service and Care at Home Service | Inverness | 5 Very good | Jun 2026 |
| Keltic Care Limited | Inverness | 5 Very good | Aug 2026 |
| Key - Highland (Housing Support) | INVERNESS | 5 Very good | Dec 2016 |
| L'Arche Highland | Inverness | 5 Very good | Jun 2025 |
| NESS Housing Support | Inverness | 5 Very good | Sep 2026 |
| Oakridge Support Service Ltd | Inverness | 5 Very good | Oct 2024 |
| The Salvation Army Re-settlement Project | Inverness | 5 Very good | Jun 2023 |
| Cale House | Inverness | 4 Good | Jan 2026 |
| Cantray Square Housing Support Service | Inverness | 4 Good | Jul 2026 |
| Castle Care (Scotland) Ltd | Inverness | 4 Good | Apr 2026 |
| Centred Housing Support Service | Inverness | 4 Good | Feb 2026 |
| Eildon Ltd - Support Services | Inverness | 4 Good | Jul 2026 |
| Gateway | Inverness | 4 Good | Jun 2023 |
| Gold Healthcare | Inverness | 4 Good | Jul 2025 |
| Highland Croft Home Care | Dornoch | 4 Good | Oct 2025 |
| Highland Home Carers | Inverness | 4 Good | May 2026 |
| Highland Home Carers - Supported Living | Inverness | 4 Good | Aug 2026 |
| Highland Home Carers Ltd - Ross-shire | Invergordon | 4 Good | Jul 2026 |
| Homelink Caithness | Wick | 4 Good | Jun 2023 |
| Inverness Learning Disabilities | Inverness | 4 Good | Sep 2025 |
| Lifeways Community Care (Inverness) Limited | Inverness | 4 Good | Nov 2024 |
| Murray House Outreach | Invergordon | 4 Good | Aug 2018 |
| Nansen Highland Housing Support Service | Muir of Ord | 4 Good | Jun 2026 |
| Right There Highland Reach Out | Inverness | 4 Good | Jan 2023 |
| Sunflower Home Care | Inverness | 4 Good | Feb 2026 |
| The Christian Community Action Support Team known as CCAST Highland | Tain | 4 Good | Oct 2024 |
See all 39 in the directory, with filters and search →
Premium and Featured listings are promoted placements (the provider pays, or occasionally we give a plan) and appear first. They never change a grade.
Where housing support services are in Highland
Inverness 28 Invergordon 2 Isle of Skye 2 Beauly 1 DINGWALL 1 Dornoch 1 Fortrose 1 Muir of Ord 1 Tain 1 Wick 1
The wider picture in Highland
- 210 adults were waiting in hospital to leave in September 2026 (Public Health Scotland).
- 28,960 people are aged 75 or over, projected to be 36,984 by 2036 (National Records of Scotland).
- 38% of registered care services reported staff vacancies at 31 December 2024 (SSSC and Care Inspectorate; all types of service).
Common questions
How many housing support services are there in Highland?
There are 39 registered with the Care Inspectorate and listed here (data as at 30 September 2026). The same address can hold more than one registration, so this is a count of registrations, not buildings.
How are housing support services in Highland graded?
The Care Inspectorate grades each service from 1 (Unsatisfactory) to 6 (Excellent) on several key questions. 39 of these have published grades. For 35 of them the lowest grade is Good (4) or better, and for 1 it is Weak (2) or Unsatisfactory (1). A service with no grade has not been graded yet, which is common for new registrations.
How recently have they been inspected?
22 of the 39 were graded in the last 12 months. Each service page shows the date, because a grade describes the service on the day it was inspected.
How do I choose one?
Use the grades as a starting point, not a verdict: read the latest inspection report on the Care Inspectorate's own page for each service, visit if you can, and ask the questions that matter to you. Your council's social work department or health and social care partnership can also help. We do not recommend any one service.
Other care in Highland
Nurseries and day care for children 197 Childminders 118 Care at home services 75 Care homes 63 Housing support services 39 All care in Highland
Source: Care Inspectorate open data under the Open Government Licence v3.0, as at 30 September 2026. Grades are never changed or estimated here. This is not a recommendation or care advice: see how to use this site and about the data.