Care assistant jobs in Westmorland and Furness

Skills for Care recorded 3,100 filled care worker posts in Westmorland and Furness in 2024/25, out of 3,400 care worker posts in total. Around 275 of those care worker posts in Westmorland and Furness were vacant when the data was collected. That is an 8.4% vacancy rate for the care worker role in Westmorland and Furness.

The care worker role is 45.6% of the 6,800 filled adult social care posts in Westmorland and Furness. Turnover in the care worker role in Westmorland and Furness ran at 36.8%. New starters were 31.2% of care worker posts in Westmorland and Furness over the year.

On filled care worker posts, Westmorland and Furness ranks 16th of the 24 North West areas that Skills for Care publishes. The middle of the North West sits at 3,650 filled care worker posts, against 3,100 in Westmorland and Furness. Across the 152 published England areas the middle is 3,950.

For the shape of the rest of the Westmorland and Furness workforce, the same release records 275 filled senior care worker posts, 200 filled community support and outreach posts and 200 filled registered nurse posts.

Reported median pay in Westmorland and Furness was £12.34 an hour for the care worker role and about £23,700 a year full time. Skills for Care collects that from local authority and independent sector employers in Westmorland and Furness only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.

Full-time workers in Westmorland and Furness earn a median of £40,529 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in Westmorland and Furness at £26,100, £14,429 below it.