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Senior care assistant jobs in Hackney
Adult social care in Hackney employs people in 150 filled senior 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 Hackney
Skills for Care recorded 150 filled senior care worker posts in Hackney in 2024/25, out of 175 senior care worker posts in total. That is a 2.9% vacancy rate for the senior care worker role in Hackney.
The senior care worker role is 2.3% of the 6,500 filled adult social care posts in Hackney. Turnover in the senior care worker role in Hackney ran at 25.7%. New starters were 6.5% of senior care worker posts in Hackney over the year.
On filled senior care worker posts, Hackney ranks 29th of the 33 London areas that Skills for Care publishes. The middle of London sits at 250 filled senior care worker posts, against 150 in Hackney. Across the 152 published England areas the middle is 375.
For the shape of the rest of the Hackney workforce, the same release records 3,200 filled care worker posts, 10 filled deputy manager posts and 50 filled registered manager posts.
Reported median pay in Hackney was £13.65 an hour for the senior care worker role and about £26,300 a year full time. Skills for Care collects that from local authority and independent sector employers in Hackney only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.
Full-time workers in Hackney earn a median of £48,724 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in Hackney at £28,600, £20,124 below it.
- Senior care worker, filled posts
- 150
- Senior care worker, median hourly pay
- £13.65
- Care worker, median hourly pay
- £13.10
- Senior care worker, posts in total
- 175
- Senior care worker, vacancy rate
- 2.9%
- Senior care worker, turnover rate
- 25.7%
- Senior care worker, starters in the last 12 months
- 6.5%
- Senior care worker, median full-time annual pay
- £26,300
The senior care assistant role
A senior care assistant runs the shift. You still deliver care, but you also hold the medication trolley, allocate the floor, handle the family who arrives upset and decide when something needs escalating to the manager or to a GP.
It is the first step where accountability moves from your own practice to other people's. Most seniors come up through a care assistant role in the same service rather than arriving from outside.
Senior care assistant jobs in Hackney: common questions
How many senior care worker jobs are there in Hackney?
Skills for Care recorded 150 filled senior care worker posts in Hackney in 2024/25. That is the size of the workforce, not a count of adverts. The live list on this page shows what is currently open in Hackney.
What does a senior care worker earn in Hackney?
Median reported pay in Hackney was £13.65 an hour, or about £26,300 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 senior care assistant jobs in Hackney?
Usually a year or more in a care assistant role. Level 3 Diploma in Adult Care, or working towards it. Medication administration training. Each advert in Hackney sets out what that employer asks for.