Adult social care in East of England
Senior care assistant jobs in Southend-on-Sea
Adult social care in Southend-on-Sea employs people in 375 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 Southend-on-Sea
Skills for Care recorded 375 filled senior care worker posts in Southend-on-Sea in 2024/25, out of 375 senior care worker posts in total. That is a 1.1% vacancy rate for the senior care worker role in Southend-on-Sea.
The senior care worker role is 6.6% of the 5,700 filled adult social care posts in Southend-on-Sea. Turnover in the senior care worker role in Southend-on-Sea ran at 9.9%. New starters were 3.7% of senior care worker posts in Southend-on-Sea over the year.
On filled senior care worker posts, Southend-on-Sea ranks 7th of the 11 East of England areas that Skills for Care publishes. The middle of the East of England sits at 400 filled senior care worker posts, against 375 in Southend-on-Sea. Across the 152 published England areas the middle is 375.
For the shape of the rest of the Southend-on-Sea workforce, the same release records 3,100 filled care worker posts, 25 filled deputy manager posts and 150 filled registered manager posts.
Reported median pay in Southend-on-Sea was £12.31 an hour for the senior care worker role and about £23,700 a year full time. Skills for Care collects that from local authority and independent sector employers in Southend-on-Sea only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.
Full-time workers in Southend-on-Sea earn a median of £31,748 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in Southend-on-Sea at £25,000, £6,748 below it.
- Senior care worker, filled posts
- 375
- Senior care worker, median hourly pay
- £12.31
- Care worker, median hourly pay
- £11.94
- Senior care worker, posts in total
- 375
- Senior care worker, vacancy rate
- 1.1%
- Senior care worker, turnover rate
- 9.9%
- Senior care worker, starters in the last 12 months
- 3.7%
- Senior care worker, median full-time annual pay
- £23,700
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 Southend-on-Sea: common questions
How many senior care worker jobs are there in Southend-on-Sea?
Skills for Care recorded 375 filled senior care worker posts in Southend-on-Sea in 2024/25. That is the size of the workforce, not a count of adverts. The live list on this page shows what is currently open in Southend-on-Sea.
What does a senior care worker earn in Southend-on-Sea?
Median reported pay in Southend-on-Sea was £12.31 an hour, or about £23,700 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 Southend-on-Sea?
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 Southend-on-Sea sets out what that employer asks for.