Care assistant jobs in Waltham Forest

Skills for Care recorded 3,000 filled care worker posts in Waltham Forest in 2024/25, out of 3,300 care worker posts in total. Around 225 of those care worker posts in Waltham Forest were vacant when the data was collected. That is an 8.3% vacancy rate for the care worker role in Waltham Forest.

The care worker role is 56.6% of the 5,300 filled adult social care posts in Waltham Forest. Turnover in the care worker role in Waltham Forest ran at 47%. New starters were 36.7% of care worker posts in Waltham Forest over the year.

On filled care worker posts, Waltham Forest ranks 22nd of the 33 London areas that Skills for Care publishes. The middle of London sits at 3,600 filled care worker posts, against 3,000 in Waltham Forest. Across the 152 published England areas the middle is 3,950.

For the shape of the rest of the Waltham Forest workforce, the same release records 250 filled senior care worker posts, 100 filled community support and outreach posts and 50 filled registered nurse posts.

Reported median pay in Waltham Forest was £12.08 an hour for the care worker role and about £23,200 a year full time. Skills for Care collects that from local authority and independent sector employers in Waltham Forest only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.

Full-time workers in Waltham Forest earn a median of £37,503 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in Waltham Forest at £25,400, £12,103 below it.