Care home manager jobs in Medway

Skills for Care recorded 150 filled registered manager posts in Medway in 2024/25, out of 175 registered manager posts in total. Around 25 of those registered manager posts in Medway were vacant when the data was collected. That is a 12.4% vacancy rate for the registered manager role in Medway.

The registered manager role is 2.2% of the 6,900 filled adult social care posts in Medway. Turnover in the registered manager role in Medway ran at 16.7%. New starters were 25.9% of registered manager posts in Medway over the year.

On filled registered manager posts, Medway ranks 10th of the 19 South East areas that Skills for Care publishes. The middle of the South East sits at 150 filled registered manager posts, against 150 in Medway. Across the 151 published England areas the middle is 125.

For the shape of the rest of the Medway workforce, the same release records 25 filled deputy manager posts, 125 filled registered nurse posts and 375 filled senior care worker posts.

Reported median pay in Medway was £17.13 an hour for the registered manager role and about £33,000 a year full time. Skills for Care collects that from local authority and independent sector employers in Medway only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.

Full-time workers in Medway earn a median of £37,128 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in Medway at £24,800, £12,328 below it.