Adult social care in South West
Adult social worker jobs in Bristol, City of
Adult social care in Bristol, City of employs people in 175 filled social 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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Skills for Care recorded 175 filled social worker posts in Bristol, City of in 2024/25, out of 175 social worker posts in total.
The social worker role is 1.2% of the 14,500 filled adult social care posts in Bristol, City of. The publisher gives no turnover rate for this role in Bristol, City of, only 23.1% across all care roles in the area.
On filled social worker posts, Bristol, City of ranks 5th of the 14 South West areas that Skills for Care publishes. The middle of the South West sits at 137.5 filled social worker posts, against 175 in Bristol, City of. Across the 151 published England areas the middle is 100.
For the shape of the rest of the Bristol, City of workforce, the same release records 25 filled occupational therapist posts, 425 filled community support and outreach posts and 175 filled registered manager posts.
Reported median pay in Bristol, City of was £19.46 an hour for the social worker role and about £37,400 a year full time. Skills for Care collects that from local authority and independent sector employers in Bristol, City of only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.
Skills for Care withholds a vacancy rate, a turnover rate for the social worker role in Bristol, City of: the count is too small to release. Those figures are absent here rather than replaced with an average from elsewhere.
Full-time workers in Bristol, City of earn a median of £42,160 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in Bristol, City of at £25,800, £16,360 below it.
- Social worker, filled posts
- 175
- Social worker, median full-time annual pay
- £37,400
- Social worker, median hourly pay
- £19.46
- Social worker, posts in total
- 175
The social worker role
Adult social work is assessment and decision making under the Care Act. You work out what somebody needs, what the law says the council must do about it, and how to arrange support that the person actually recognises as their life.
Safeguarding runs through all of it, alongside mental capacity assessments, best interest decisions and the hard conversations with families who want a different answer from the one the assessment supports.
Social worker (adults) jobs in Bristol, City of: common questions
How many social worker jobs are there in Bristol, City of?
Skills for Care recorded 175 filled social worker posts in Bristol, City of 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 Bristol, City of.
What does a social worker earn in Bristol, City of?
Median reported pay in Bristol, City of was £19.46 an hour, or about £37,400 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 adult social worker jobs in Bristol, City of?
Social Work England registration. A recognised social work degree or postgraduate qualification. Enhanced DBS check, paid for by the employer. Each advert in Bristol, City of sets out what that employer asks for.