Adult social care in South West
Senior care assistant jobs in Bristol, City of
Adult social care in Bristol, City of employs people in 800 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 Bristol, City of
Skills for Care recorded 800 filled senior care worker posts in Bristol, City of in 2024/25, out of 800 senior care worker posts in total. Around 25 of those senior care worker posts in Bristol, City of were vacant when the data was collected. That is a 2.2% vacancy rate for the senior care worker role in Bristol, City of.
The senior care worker role is 5.5% of the 14,500 filled adult social care posts in Bristol, City of. Turnover in the senior care worker role in Bristol, City of ran at 13.2%. New starters were 19.8% of senior care worker posts in Bristol, City of over the year.
On filled senior care worker posts, Bristol, City of ranks 6th 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 800 in Bristol, City of. Across the 152 published England areas the middle is 375.
For the shape of the rest of the Bristol, City of workforce, the same release records 7,300 filled care worker posts, 50 filled deputy manager posts and 175 filled registered manager posts.
Reported median pay in Bristol, City of was £13.71 an hour for the senior care worker role and about £26,400 a year full time. Skills for Care collects that from local authority and independent sector employers in Bristol, City of only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.
Full-time workers in Bristol, City of earn a median of £42,160 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in Bristol, City of at £25,800, £16,360 below it.
- Senior care worker, filled posts
- 800
- Senior care worker, median hourly pay
- £13.71
- Care worker, median hourly pay
- £12.22
- Senior care worker, posts in total
- 800
- Senior care worker, vacant posts
- 25
- Senior care worker, vacancy rate
- 2.2%
- Senior care worker, turnover rate
- 13.2%
- Senior care worker, starters in the last 12 months
- 19.8%
- Senior care worker, median full-time annual pay
- £26,400
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 Bristol, City of: common questions
How many senior care worker jobs are there in Bristol, City of?
Skills for Care recorded 800 filled senior care worker posts in Bristol, City of in 2024/25, with around 25 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 Bristol, City of.
What does a senior care worker earn in Bristol, City of?
Median reported pay in Bristol, City of was £13.71 an hour, or about £26,400 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 Bristol, City of?
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 Bristol, City of sets out what that employer asks for.