Adult social care in South East
Senior care assistant jobs in West Sussex
Adult social care in West Sussex employs people in 1,600 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 Sussex
Skills for Care recorded 1,600 filled senior care worker posts in West Sussex in 2024/25, out of 1,600 senior care worker posts in total. Around 50 of those senior care worker posts in West Sussex were vacant when the data was collected. That is a 3.2% vacancy rate for the senior care worker role in West Sussex.
The senior care worker role is 6.5% of the 24,500 filled adult social care posts in West Sussex. Turnover in the senior care worker role in West Sussex ran at 19.7%. New starters were 18.3% of senior care worker posts in West Sussex over the year.
On filled senior care worker posts, West Sussex ranks 4th of the 19 South East areas that Skills for Care publishes. The middle of the South East sits at 350 filled senior care worker posts, against 1,600 in West Sussex. Across the 152 published England areas the middle is 375.
For the shape of the rest of the West Sussex workforce, the same release records 13,000 filled care worker posts, 150 filled deputy manager posts and 500 filled registered manager posts.
Reported median pay in West Sussex was £13.08 an hour for the senior care worker role and about £25,200 a year full time. Skills for Care collects that from local authority and independent sector employers in West Sussex only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.
Full-time workers in West Sussex earn a median of £37,916 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in West Sussex at £26,000, £11,916 below it.
- Senior care worker, filled posts
- 1,600
- Senior care worker, median hourly pay
- £13.08
- Care worker, median hourly pay
- £12.33
- Senior care worker, posts in total
- 1,600
- Senior care worker, vacant posts
- 50
- Senior care worker, vacancy rate
- 3.2%
- Senior care worker, turnover rate
- 19.7%
- Senior care worker, starters in the last 12 months
- 18.3%
- Senior care worker, median full-time annual pay
- £25,200
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 Sussex: common questions
How many senior care worker jobs are there in West Sussex?
Skills for Care recorded 1,600 filled senior care worker posts in West Sussex in 2024/25, with around 50 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 Sussex.
What does a senior care worker earn in West Sussex?
Median reported pay in West Sussex was £13.08 an hour, or about £25,200 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 Sussex?
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 Sussex sets out what that employer asks for.