Support worker jobs in County Durham

Skills for Care recorded 375 filled community support and outreach posts in County Durham in 2024/25, out of 375 community support and outreach posts in total. That is a 1.1% vacancy rate for the community support and outreach role in County Durham.

The community support and outreach role is 2.6% of the 14,500 filled adult social care posts in County Durham. Turnover in the community support and outreach role in County Durham ran at 9.4%. New starters were 12.9% of community support and outreach posts in County Durham over the year.

On filled community support and outreach posts, County Durham ranks 1st of the 12 North East areas that Skills for Care publishes. The middle of the North East sits at 162.5 filled community support and outreach posts, against 375 in County Durham. Across the 152 published England areas the middle is 225.

For the shape of the rest of the County Durham workforce, the same release records 8,000 filled care worker posts, 750 filled senior care worker posts and 275 filled social worker posts.

Reported median pay in County Durham was £13.46 an hour for the community support and outreach role and about £25,900 a year full time. Skills for Care collects that from local authority and independent sector employers in County Durham only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.

Full-time workers in County Durham earn a median of £32,945 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in County Durham at £25,100, £7,845 below it.