Support worker jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne

Skills for Care recorded 250 filled community support and outreach posts in Newcastle upon Tyne in 2024/25, out of 250 community support and outreach posts in total. That is a 1.9% vacancy rate for the community support and outreach role in Newcastle upon Tyne.

The community support and outreach role is 2.6% of the 9,600 filled adult social care posts in Newcastle upon Tyne. Turnover in the community support and outreach role in Newcastle upon Tyne ran at 15.3%. New starters were 18.6% of community support and outreach posts in Newcastle upon Tyne over the year.

On filled community support and outreach posts, Newcastle upon Tyne ranks 3rd of the 12 North East areas that Skills for Care publishes. The middle of the North East sits at 162.5 filled community support and outreach posts, against 250 in Newcastle upon Tyne. Across the 152 published England areas the middle is 225.

For the shape of the rest of the Newcastle upon Tyne workforce, the same release records 5,300 filled care worker posts, 450 filled senior care worker posts and 150 filled social worker posts.

Reported median pay in Newcastle upon Tyne was £13.29 an hour for the community support and outreach role and about £25,600 a year full time. Skills for Care collects that from local authority and independent sector employers in Newcastle upon Tyne only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.

Full-time workers in Newcastle upon Tyne earn a median of £36,726 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in Newcastle upon Tyne at £25,800, £10,926 below it.