Adult social care in London
Care assistant jobs in Kensington and Chelsea
Adult social care in Kensington and Chelsea employs people in 1,300 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 Kensington and Chelsea
Skills for Care recorded 1,300 filled care worker posts in Kensington and Chelsea in 2024/25, out of 1,400 care worker posts in total. Around 50 of those care worker posts in Kensington and Chelsea were vacant when the data was collected. That is a 3.6% vacancy rate for the care worker role in Kensington and Chelsea.
The care worker role is 43.3% of the 3,000 filled adult social care posts in Kensington and Chelsea. Turnover in the care worker role in Kensington and Chelsea ran at 20.7%. New starters were 47.1% of care worker posts in Kensington and Chelsea over the year.
On filled care worker posts, Kensington and Chelsea ranks 33rd of the 33 London areas that Skills for Care publishes. The middle of London sits at 3,600 filled care worker posts, against 1,300 in Kensington and Chelsea. Across the 152 published England areas the middle is 3,950.
For the shape of the rest of the Kensington and Chelsea workforce, the same release records 75 filled senior care worker posts, 100 filled community support and outreach posts and 50 filled registered nurse posts.
Reported median pay in Kensington and Chelsea was £13.13 an hour for the care worker role and about £25,300 a year full time. Skills for Care collects that from local authority and independent sector employers in Kensington and Chelsea only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.
Full-time workers in Kensington and Chelsea earn a median of £45,600 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in Kensington and Chelsea at £29,300, £16,300 below it.
- Care worker, filled posts
- 1,300
- All adult social care roles, vacancy rate
- 4.5%
- Care worker, median hourly pay
- £13.13
- All adult social care roles, turnover rate
- 14.9%
- Care worker, posts in total
- 1,400
- Care worker, vacant posts
- 50
- Care worker, vacancy rate
- 3.6%
- Care worker, turnover rate
- 20.7%
- Care worker, starters in the last 12 months
- 47.1%
- Care worker, median full-time annual pay
- £25,300
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 Kensington and Chelsea: common questions
How many care worker jobs are there in Kensington and Chelsea?
Skills for Care recorded 1,300 filled care worker posts in Kensington and Chelsea in 2024/25, with around 50 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 Kensington and Chelsea.
What does a care worker earn in Kensington and Chelsea?
Median reported pay in Kensington and Chelsea was £13.13 an hour, or about £25,300 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 care assistant jobs in Kensington and Chelsea?
No formal qualifications needed to apply. Enhanced DBS check, paid for by the employer. Right to work in the UK. Each advert in Kensington and Chelsea sets out what that employer asks for.