Adult social care in South West
Support worker jobs in Bristol, City of
Adult social care in Bristol, City of employs people in 425 filled community support and outreach 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 Bristol, City of
Skills for Care recorded 425 filled community support and outreach posts in Bristol, City of in 2024/25, out of 425 community support and outreach posts in total. Around 10 of those community support and outreach posts in Bristol, City of were vacant when the data was collected. That is a 3% vacancy rate for the community support and outreach role in Bristol, City of.
The community support and outreach role is 2.9% of the 14,500 filled adult social care posts in Bristol, City of. Turnover in the community support and outreach role in Bristol, City of ran at 18.9%. New starters were 22.4% of community support and outreach posts in Bristol, City of over the year.
On filled community support and outreach posts, Bristol, City of ranks 3rd of the 14 South West areas that Skills for Care publishes. The middle of the South West sits at 287.5 filled community support and outreach posts, against 425 in Bristol, City of. Across the 152 published England areas the middle is 225.
For the shape of the rest of the Bristol, City of workforce, the same release records 7,300 filled care worker posts, 800 filled senior care worker posts and 175 filled social worker posts.
Reported median pay in Bristol, City of was £12.53 an hour for the community support and outreach role and about £24,100 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.
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.
- Community support and outreach, filled posts
- 425
- All adult social care roles, filled posts
- 14,500
- All adult social care roles, vacancy rate
- 7%
- Community support and outreach, posts in total
- 425
- Community support and outreach, vacant posts
- 10
- Community support and outreach, vacancy rate
- 3%
- Community support and outreach, turnover rate
- 18.9%
- Community support and outreach, starters in the last 12 months
- 22.4%
- Community support and outreach, median hourly pay
- £12.53
- Community support and outreach, median full-time annual pay
- £24,100
The support worker role
Support work is about somebody else's independence rather than your efficiency. You are there so an adult with a learning disability, autism or a mental health condition can run their own day, with as much or as little help as that takes.
The work sits in supported living flats, in shared houses and out in the community. Some of it is personal care. A lot of it is cooking, budgeting, appointments, buses, college and the argument about whose turn it is to do the washing up.
Support worker jobs in Bristol, City of: common questions
How many community support and outreach jobs are there in Bristol, City of?
Skills for Care recorded 425 filled community support and outreach posts in Bristol, City of in 2024/25, with around 10 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 Bristol, City of.
What does a community support and outreach earn in Bristol, City of?
Median reported pay in Bristol, City of was £12.53 an hour, or about £24,100 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 support worker jobs in Bristol, City of?
No formal qualifications needed to apply. Enhanced DBS check, paid for by the employer. A driving licence helps for community and outreach rounds. Each advert in Bristol, City of sets out what that employer asks for.