Senior care assistant jobs in Waltham Forest

Skills for Care recorded 250 filled senior care worker posts in Waltham Forest in 2024/25, out of 250 senior care worker posts in total. That is a 0.8% vacancy rate for the senior care worker role in Waltham Forest.

The senior care worker role is 4.7% of the 5,300 filled adult social care posts in Waltham Forest. Turnover in the senior care worker role in Waltham Forest ran at 14%. New starters were 4.4% of senior care worker posts in Waltham Forest over the year.

On filled senior care worker posts, Waltham Forest ranks 18th of the 33 London areas that Skills for Care publishes. The middle of London sits at 250 filled senior care worker posts, against 250 in Waltham Forest. Across the 152 published England areas the middle is 375.

For the shape of the rest of the Waltham Forest workforce, the same release records 3,000 filled care worker posts, 25 filled deputy manager posts and 100 filled registered manager posts.

Reported median pay in Waltham Forest was £12.74 an hour for the senior care worker role and about £24,500 a year full time. Skills for Care collects that from local authority and independent sector employers in Waltham Forest only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.

Full-time workers in Waltham Forest earn a median of £37,503 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in Waltham Forest at £25,400, £12,103 below it.