Adult social care in North West
Care assistant jobs in St. Helens
Adult social care in St. Helens employs people in 2,900 filled 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 St. Helens
Skills for Care recorded 2,900 filled care worker posts in St. Helens in 2024/25, out of 3,100 care worker posts in total. Around 150 of those care worker posts in St. Helens were vacant when the data was collected. That is a 5.5% vacancy rate for the care worker role in St. Helens.
The care worker role is 52.7% of the 5,500 filled adult social care posts in St. Helens. Turnover in the care worker role in St. Helens ran at 32.2%. New starters were 28.7% of care worker posts in St. Helens over the year.
On filled care worker posts, St. Helens ranks 18th of the 24 North West areas that Skills for Care publishes. The middle of the North West sits at 3,650 filled care worker posts, against 2,900 in St. Helens. Across the 152 published England areas the middle is 3,950.
For the shape of the rest of the St. Helens workforce, the same release records 225 filled senior care worker posts, 125 filled community support and outreach posts and 125 filled registered nurse posts.
Reported median pay in St. Helens was £11.94 an hour for the care worker role and about £23,000 a year full time. Skills for Care collects that from local authority and independent sector employers in St. Helens only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.
Full-time workers in St. Helens earn a median of £33,379 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in St. Helens at £24,900, £8,479 below it.
- Care worker, filled posts
- 2,900
- All adult social care roles, vacancy rate
- 5.3%
- Care worker, median hourly pay
- £11.94
- All adult social care roles, turnover rate
- 24.1%
- Care worker, posts in total
- 3,100
- Care worker, vacant posts
- 150
- Care worker, vacancy rate
- 5.5%
- Care worker, turnover rate
- 32.2%
- Care worker, starters in the last 12 months
- 28.7%
- Care worker, median full-time annual pay
- £23,000
The care assistant role
Care assistant work is practical and personal. A shift is built around helping people wash, dress, eat, take medication and get out of the house, and around noticing the small changes that mean somebody is not themselves today.
Employers here are care homes, home care providers and supported living services. Most take people with no care background at all and train them, because attitude is harder to teach than task.
Care assistant jobs in St. Helens: common questions
How many care worker jobs are there in St. Helens?
Skills for Care recorded 2,900 filled care worker posts in St. Helens in 2024/25, with around 150 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 St. Helens.
What does a care worker earn in St. Helens?
Median reported pay in St. Helens was £11.94 an hour, or about £23,000 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 care assistant jobs in St. Helens?
No formal qualifications needed to apply. Enhanced DBS check, paid for by the employer. Right to work in the UK. Each advert in St. Helens sets out what that employer asks for.