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Support worker jobs in Havering
Adult social care in Havering employs people in 175 filled community support and outreach 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 Havering
Skills for Care recorded 175 filled community support and outreach posts in Havering in 2024/25, out of 175 community support and outreach posts in total. Around 10 of those community support and outreach posts in Havering were vacant when the data was collected. That is a 7.2% vacancy rate for the community support and outreach role in Havering.
The community support and outreach role is 2.4% of the 7,200 filled adult social care posts in Havering. Turnover in the community support and outreach role in Havering ran at 17.6%. New starters were 33.3% of community support and outreach posts in Havering over the year.
On filled community support and outreach posts, Havering ranks 18th of the 33 London areas that Skills for Care publishes. The middle of London sits at 175 filled community support and outreach posts, against 175 in Havering. Across the 152 published England areas the middle is 225.
For the shape of the rest of the Havering workforce, the same release records 3,800 filled care worker posts, 400 filled senior care worker posts and 100 filled social worker posts.
Reported median pay in Havering was £12.51 an hour for the community support and outreach role and about £24,100 a year full time. Skills for Care collects that from local authority and independent sector employers in Havering only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.
Full-time workers in Havering earn a median of £41,054 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in Havering at £25,500, £15,554 below it.
- Community support and outreach, filled posts
- 175
- All adult social care roles, filled posts
- 7,200
- All adult social care roles, vacancy rate
- 9.3%
- Community support and outreach, posts in total
- 175
- Community support and outreach, vacant posts
- 10
- Community support and outreach, vacancy rate
- 7.2%
- Community support and outreach, turnover rate
- 17.6%
- Community support and outreach, starters in the last 12 months
- 33.3%
- Community support and outreach, median hourly pay
- £12.51
- Community support and outreach, median full-time annual pay
- £24,100
The support worker role
Support work is about somebody else's independence rather than your efficiency. You are there so an adult with a learning disability, autism or a mental health condition can run their own day, with as much or as little help as that takes.
The work sits in supported living flats, in shared houses and out in the community. Some of it is personal care. A lot of it is cooking, budgeting, appointments, buses, college and the argument about whose turn it is to do the washing up.
Support worker jobs in Havering: common questions
How many community support and outreach jobs are there in Havering?
Skills for Care recorded 175 filled community support and outreach posts in Havering 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 Havering.
What does a community support and outreach earn in Havering?
Median reported pay in Havering was £12.51 an hour, or about £24,100 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 support worker jobs in Havering?
No formal qualifications needed to apply. Enhanced DBS check, paid for by the employer. A driving licence helps for community and outreach rounds. Each advert in Havering sets out what that employer asks for.