Adult social care in East of England
Senior care assistant jobs in Suffolk
Adult social care in Suffolk employs people in 1,300 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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Published figures for Suffolk
What the official data says about Suffolk
Skills for Care recorded 1,300 filled senior care worker posts in Suffolk in 2024/25, out of 1,300 senior care worker posts in total. Around 75 of those senior care worker posts in Suffolk were vacant when the data was collected. That is a 5.7% vacancy rate for the senior care worker role in Suffolk.
The senior care worker role is 5.5% of the 23,500 filled adult social care posts in Suffolk. Turnover in the senior care worker role in Suffolk ran at 31.3%. New starters were 25.8% of senior care worker posts in Suffolk over the year.
On filled senior care worker posts, Suffolk ranks 4th of the 11 East of England areas that Skills for Care publishes. The middle of the East of England sits at 400 filled senior care worker posts, against 1,300 in Suffolk. Across the 152 published England areas the middle is 375.
For the shape of the rest of the Suffolk workforce, the same release records 12,500 filled care worker posts, 125 filled deputy manager posts and 350 filled registered manager posts.
Reported median pay in Suffolk was £13.03 an hour for the senior care worker role and about £25,100 a year full time. Skills for Care collects that from local authority and independent sector employers in Suffolk only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.
Full-time workers in Suffolk earn a median of £36,891 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in Suffolk at £25,400, £11,491 below it.
- Senior care worker, filled posts
- 1,300
- Senior care worker, median hourly pay
- £13.03
- Care worker, median hourly pay
- £12.17
- Senior care worker, posts in total
- 1,300
- Senior care worker, vacant posts
- 75
- Senior care worker, vacancy rate
- 5.7%
- Senior care worker, turnover rate
- 31.3%
- Senior care worker, starters in the last 12 months
- 25.8%
- Senior care worker, median full-time annual pay
- £25,100
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 Suffolk: common questions
How many senior care worker jobs are there in Suffolk?
Skills for Care recorded 1,300 filled senior care worker posts in Suffolk in 2024/25, with around 75 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 Suffolk.
What does a senior care worker earn in Suffolk?
Median reported pay in Suffolk was £13.03 an hour, or about £25,100 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 Suffolk?
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 Suffolk sets out what that employer asks for.