Adult social care in North East
Senior care assistant jobs in County Durham
Adult social care in County Durham employs people in 750 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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Published figures for County Durham
What the official data says about County Durham
Skills for Care recorded 750 filled senior care worker posts in County Durham in 2024/25, out of 750 senior care worker posts in total. Around 25 of those senior care worker posts in County Durham were vacant when the data was collected. That is a 2.7% vacancy rate for the senior care worker role in County Durham.
The senior care worker role is 5.2% of the 14,500 filled adult social care posts in County Durham. Turnover in the senior care worker role in County Durham ran at 14.9%. New starters were 16.8% of senior care worker posts in County Durham over the year.
On filled senior care worker posts, County Durham ranks 1st of the 12 North East areas that Skills for Care publishes. The middle of the North East sits at 275 filled senior care worker posts, against 750 in County Durham. Across the 152 published England areas the middle is 375.
For the shape of the rest of the County Durham workforce, the same release records 8,000 filled care worker posts, 50 filled deputy manager posts and 175 filled registered manager posts.
Reported median pay in County Durham was £12.72 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 County Durham only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.
Full-time workers in County Durham earn a median of £32,945 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in County Durham at £25,100, £7,845 below it.
- Senior care worker, filled posts
- 750
- Senior care worker, median hourly pay
- £12.72
- Care worker, median hourly pay
- £12.07
- Senior care worker, posts in total
- 750
- Senior care worker, vacant posts
- 25
- Senior care worker, vacancy rate
- 2.7%
- Senior care worker, turnover rate
- 14.9%
- Senior care worker, starters in the last 12 months
- 16.8%
- Senior care worker, median full-time annual pay
- £24,500
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 County Durham: common questions
How many senior care worker jobs are there in County Durham?
Skills for Care recorded 750 filled senior care worker posts in County Durham 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 County Durham.
What does a senior care worker earn in County Durham?
Median reported pay in County Durham was £12.72 an hour, or about £24,500 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 County Durham?
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 County Durham sets out what that employer asks for.