Support worker jobs in Richmond upon Thames

Skills for Care recorded 150 filled community support and outreach posts in Richmond upon Thames in 2024/25, out of 175 community support and outreach posts in total. Around 10 of those community support and outreach posts in Richmond upon Thames were vacant when the data was collected. That is a 7.6% vacancy rate for the community support and outreach role in Richmond upon Thames.

The community support and outreach role is 3.2% of the 4,700 filled adult social care posts in Richmond upon Thames. Turnover in the community support and outreach role in Richmond upon Thames ran at 18.7%. New starters were 21.1% of community support and outreach posts in Richmond upon Thames over the year.

On filled community support and outreach posts, Richmond upon Thames ranks 22nd of the 33 London areas that Skills for Care publishes. The middle of London sits at 175 filled community support and outreach posts, against 150 in Richmond upon Thames. Across the 152 published England areas the middle is 225.

For the shape of the rest of the Richmond upon Thames workforce, the same release records 2,200 filled care worker posts, 175 filled senior care worker posts and 125 filled social worker posts.

Reported median pay in Richmond upon Thames was £13.79 an hour for the community support and outreach role and about £26,500 a year full time. Skills for Care collects that from local authority and independent sector employers in Richmond upon Thames only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.

Full-time workers in Richmond upon Thames earn a median of £41,037 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in Richmond upon Thames at £30,100, £10,937 below it.