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Senior care assistant jobs in Bath and North East Somerset
Adult social care in Bath and North East Somerset employs people in 250 filled senior care worker posts, on the most recent Skills for Care count. Below are the published figures for the area, and every advert on this site for the role right now.
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What the official data says about Bath and North East Somerset
Skills for Care recorded 250 filled senior care worker posts in Bath and North East Somerset in 2024/25, out of 275 senior care worker posts in total. Around 10 of those senior care worker posts in Bath and North East Somerset were vacant when the data was collected. That is a 5.2% vacancy rate for the senior care worker role in Bath and North East Somerset.
The senior care worker role is 6% of the 4,200 filled adult social care posts in Bath and North East Somerset. Turnover in the senior care worker role in Bath and North East Somerset ran at 8.6%. New starters were 12.3% of senior care worker posts in Bath and North East Somerset over the year.
On filled senior care worker posts, Bath and North East Somerset ranks 14th of the 14 South West areas that Skills for Care publishes. The middle of the South West sits at 725 filled senior care worker posts, against 250 in Bath and North East Somerset. Across the 152 published England areas the middle is 375.
For the shape of the rest of the Bath and North East Somerset workforce, the same release records 1,800 filled care worker posts, 50 filled deputy manager posts and 75 filled registered manager posts.
Reported median pay in Bath and North East Somerset was £13.44 an hour for the senior care worker role and about £25,900 a year full time. Skills for Care collects that from local authority and independent sector employers in Bath and North East Somerset only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.
Full-time workers in Bath and North East Somerset earn a median of £38,040 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in Bath and North East Somerset at £26,600, £11,440 below it.
- Senior care worker, filled posts
- 250
- Senior care worker, median hourly pay
- £13.44
- Care worker, median hourly pay
- £12.84
- Senior care worker, posts in total
- 275
- Senior care worker, vacant posts
- 10
- Senior care worker, vacancy rate
- 5.2%
- Senior care worker, turnover rate
- 8.6%
- Senior care worker, starters in the last 12 months
- 12.3%
- Senior care worker, median full-time annual pay
- £25,900
The senior care assistant role
A senior care assistant runs the shift. You still deliver care, but you also hold the medication trolley, allocate the floor, handle the family who arrives upset and decide when something needs escalating to the manager or to a GP.
It is the first step where accountability moves from your own practice to other people's. Most seniors come up through a care assistant role in the same service rather than arriving from outside.
Senior care assistant jobs in Bath and North East Somerset: common questions
How many senior care worker jobs are there in Bath and North East Somerset?
Skills for Care recorded 250 filled senior care worker posts in Bath and North East Somerset in 2024/25, with around 10 vacant. That is the size of the workforce, not a count of adverts. The live list on this page shows what is currently open in Bath and North East Somerset.
What does a senior care worker earn in Bath and North East Somerset?
Median reported pay in Bath and North East Somerset was £13.44 an hour, or about £25,900 a year full time, from local authority and independent sector employers. Each advert states its own rate, and that is the figure that counts.
Do I need experience to apply for senior care assistant jobs in Bath and North East Somerset?
Usually a year or more in a care assistant role. Level 3 Diploma in Adult Care, or working towards it. Medication administration training. Each advert in Bath and North East Somerset sets out what that employer asks for.