Adult social care in North West
Adult social worker jobs in Westmorland and Furness
Adult social care in Westmorland and Furness employs people in 100 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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What the official data says about Westmorland and Furness
Skills for Care recorded 100 filled social worker posts in Westmorland and Furness in 2024/25, out of 100 social worker posts in total.
The social worker role is 1.5% of the 6,800 filled adult social care posts in Westmorland and Furness. The publisher gives no turnover rate for this role in Westmorland and Furness, only 26.1% across all care roles in the area.
On filled social worker posts, Westmorland and Furness ranks 16th of the 24 North West areas that Skills for Care publishes. The middle of the North West sits at 125 filled social worker posts, against 100 in Westmorland and Furness. Across the 151 published England areas the middle is 100.
For the shape of the rest of the Westmorland and Furness workforce, the same release records 25 filled occupational therapist posts, 200 filled community support and outreach posts and 100 filled registered manager posts.
Reported median pay in Westmorland and Furness was £19.85 an hour for the social worker role and about £38,200 a year full time. Skills for Care collects that from local authority and independent sector employers in Westmorland and Furness 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 Westmorland and Furness: the count is too small to release. Those figures are absent here rather than replaced with an average from elsewhere.
Full-time workers in Westmorland and Furness earn a median of £40,529 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in Westmorland and Furness at £26,100, £14,429 below it.
- Social worker, filled posts
- 100
- Social worker, median full-time annual pay
- £38,200
- Social worker, median hourly pay
- £19.85
- Social worker, posts in total
- 100
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 Westmorland and Furness: common questions
How many social worker jobs are there in Westmorland and Furness?
Skills for Care recorded 100 filled social worker posts in Westmorland and Furness 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 Westmorland and Furness.
What does a social worker earn in Westmorland and Furness?
Median reported pay in Westmorland and Furness was £19.85 an hour, or about £38,200 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 Westmorland and Furness?
Social Work England registration. A recognised social work degree or postgraduate qualification. Enhanced DBS check, paid for by the employer. Each advert in Westmorland and Furness sets out what that employer asks for.