Support worker jobs in Kingston upon Thames

Skills for Care recorded 100 filled community support and outreach posts in Kingston upon Thames in 2024/25, out of 100 community support and outreach posts in total. That is a 6.9% vacancy rate for the community support and outreach role in Kingston upon Thames.

The community support and outreach role is 2.3% of the 4,300 filled adult social care posts in Kingston upon Thames. Turnover in the community support and outreach role in Kingston upon Thames ran at 12.1%. New starters were 24.2% of community support and outreach posts in Kingston upon Thames over the year.

On filled community support and outreach posts, Kingston upon Thames ranks 30th of the 33 London areas that Skills for Care publishes. The middle of London sits at 175 filled community support and outreach posts, against 100 in Kingston upon Thames. Across the 152 published England areas the middle is 225.

For the shape of the rest of the Kingston upon Thames workforce, the same release records 2,300 filled care worker posts, 175 filled senior care worker posts and 50 filled social worker posts.

Reported median pay in Kingston upon Thames was £13.87 an hour for the community support and outreach role and about £26,700 a year full time. Skills for Care collects that from local authority and independent sector employers in Kingston upon Thames only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.

Full-time workers in Kingston upon Thames earn a median of £42,346 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in Kingston upon Thames at £27,600, £14,746 below it.