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Senior care assistant jobs in West Northamptonshire
Adult social care in West Northamptonshire employs people in 600 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 West Northamptonshire
Skills for Care recorded 600 filled senior care worker posts in West Northamptonshire in 2024/25, out of 600 senior care worker posts in total. Around 10 of those senior care worker posts in West Northamptonshire were vacant when the data was collected. That is a 1.8% vacancy rate for the senior care worker role in West Northamptonshire.
The senior care worker role is 5.2% of the 11,500 filled adult social care posts in West Northamptonshire. Turnover in the senior care worker role in West Northamptonshire ran at 29.7%. New starters were 21.6% of senior care worker posts in West Northamptonshire over the year.
On filled senior care worker posts, West Northamptonshire ranks 6th of the 10 East Midlands areas that Skills for Care publishes. The middle of the East Midlands sits at 625 filled senior care worker posts, against 600 in West Northamptonshire. Across the 152 published England areas the middle is 375.
For the shape of the rest of the West Northamptonshire workforce, the same release records 6,800 filled care worker posts, 50 filled deputy manager posts and 250 filled registered manager posts.
Reported median pay in West Northamptonshire was £12.77 an hour for the senior care worker role and about £24,600 a year full time. Skills for Care collects that from local authority and independent sector employers in West Northamptonshire only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.
Full-time workers in West Northamptonshire earn a median of £38,313 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in West Northamptonshire at £24,800, £13,513 below it.
- Senior care worker, filled posts
- 600
- Senior care worker, median hourly pay
- £12.77
- Care worker, median hourly pay
- £12.03
- Senior care worker, posts in total
- 600
- Senior care worker, vacant posts
- 10
- Senior care worker, vacancy rate
- 1.8%
- Senior care worker, turnover rate
- 29.7%
- Senior care worker, starters in the last 12 months
- 21.6%
- Senior care worker, median full-time annual pay
- £24,600
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 West Northamptonshire: common questions
How many senior care worker jobs are there in West Northamptonshire?
Skills for Care recorded 600 filled senior care worker posts in West Northamptonshire 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 West Northamptonshire.
What does a senior care worker earn in West Northamptonshire?
Median reported pay in West Northamptonshire was £12.77 an hour, or about £24,600 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 West Northamptonshire?
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 West Northamptonshire sets out what that employer asks for.