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50 Social care jobs in Cambridge

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Typical starting pay for these jobs: £36,400/yr (median of 24 adverts that state pay)

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Care Assistant

Excelcare Holdings

Location
Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire
Pay
£27,976 – £28,808
Job type
Full-time
Posted
Yesterday

As a Care Assistant at our Hunters Down Care Home in Huntingdon , you will be part of a compassionate and welcoming team providing physical, emotional, and social support. Your dedication, reliability and support will make a difference every day. Excelcare is a family-owned Care Home group established for over 34…

Jobs by Adzuna

Care Assistant - Care Home

Barchester Healthcare

Location
Bottisham, Cambridge
Pay
£27,476
Job type
Permanent
Posted
1 week ago

ABOUT THE ROLE As a Care Assistant at a Barchester care home, you'll help residents enjoy each day by making sure they get the quality care and support they deserve. You'll assist with daily living, providing support and companionship and sharing great moments and memories too. It's a chance to bring your dedication…

Jobs by Adzuna

Care Assistant

Westminster Homecare

Location
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Job type
Part-time
Posted
6 days ago

Job Description Discover a rewarding career as a Care Assistant in Cambridge, we're recruiting part-time and full-time carers to support our clients in their own homes. The stated rate of pay is inclusive of Travel time payments. Are you kind? A people person? Love making a difference in people's lives? Then we can…

No experience needed

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Care Assistant

Cherry Hinton Care Home

Location
Cherry Hinton, Cambridge
Job type
Full-time
Posted
2 weeks ago

Do you enjoy caring for older people? Do you want a role that is special and vital in enhancing the lives of our residents? As a Care Assistant with TLC Care you will become a key part of a friendly and enthusiastic team who enjoy making the lives of our residents happy every day. When joining our team of dedicated…

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Domiciliary Care Worker

Unique Support and Care Ltd

Location
Cambridgeshire, Eastern England
Job type
Permanent, Full-time
Posted
2 weeks ago

About the Opportunity Unique Support and Care Ltd is recruiting on behalf of a respected domiciliary care provider delivering exceptional home care services throughout Cambridgeshire. We are looking for caring, dependable, and motivated Domiciliary Care Workers to join our client's dedicated team. You will play a…

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Care Assistant

Excelcare Holdings

Location
Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Pay
£27,976
Job type
Full-time
Posted
21 Aug

As a Bank Care Assistant at our Glennfield House Care Home in Wisbech , you will be part of a compassionate and welcoming team providing physical, emotional, and social support. Your dedication, reliability and support will make a difference every day. Excelcare is a family-owned Care Home group established for over…

Jobs by Adzuna

Care Assistant

Servoca Group

Location
Pampisford, Cambridge
Pay
£29,619 – £31,200
Job type
Contract, Part-time
Posted
9 Oct

Temporary Care Assistant – Nursing & Residential Homes (Cambridge) £14.24 – £15.00 per hour (incl. holiday pay) | Full-time & Part-time | Days, Nights, Earlies & Lates Rates available depend on shift type - Day/Night/Weekend/Bank Holiday Why Work With Servoca? At Servoca Nursing & Care , we give our Care Assistants…

NightsWeekends

Jobs by Adzuna

Location
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Pay
£28,340 – £39,000
Job type
Contract, Full-time
Posted
3 Dec

About The Role Make a real difference to people’s lives by joining Country Cousins, one of the UK's longest-serving live-in care agencies, as a Live-in carer on a self-employed basis. Get paid up to £1050 per week. As a Country Cousins live-in carer, you will be responsible for working independently and unsupervised…

Live-in

Jobs by Adzuna

Location
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Pay
£28,340 – £39,000
Job type
Contract, Full-time
Posted
3 Dec

About The Role Make a real difference to people’s lives by joining Country Cousins, one of the UK's longest-serving live-in care agencies, as a Live-in carer on a self-employed basis. Get paid up to £1050 per week. As a Country Cousins live-in carer, you will be responsible for working independently and unsupervised…

Live-in

Jobs by Adzuna

Location
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Pay
£28,340 – £39,000
Job type
Contract, Full-time
Posted
3 Dec

About The Role Make a real difference to people’s lives by joining Country Cousins, one of the UK's longest-serving live-in care agencies, as a Live-in carer on a self-employed basis. Get paid up to £1050 per week. As a Country Cousins live-in carer, you will be responsible for working independently and unsupervised…

Live-in

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Adult Social Care Brokerage Assistant

Civic Recruitment Limited

Location
Cambridge Heath, East London
Job type
Contract
Posted
3 weeks ago

5-6 month contract with a local authority Pay Rate: £28.65 per hour umbrella Summary This is a 5-6 month contract position with a local authority, offering a pay rate of £28.65 per hour under an umbrella arrangement. The Brokerage Assistant is crucial in supporting the Council's Brokerage function by managing…

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Field Care Supervisor

MiHomecare Limited

Location
Ely, Cambridgeshire
Job type
Full-time
Posted
13 Jan

Company Description Location: Ely and Wisbech Pay Rate: £13.00 per hour and 28p per mile. Shifts available :Monday to Friday, flexible working hours as required, with alternate weekends on call for a payment of up to £300.00 per week. What we offer We’re creating brighter days. Fresh challenges. Exciting…

Weekends

Jobs by Adzuna

Care Assistant

MiHomecare Limited

Location
Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Job type
Full-time
Posted
27 Jul

Company Description At CCH Group, we’re more than a care provider – we’re a passionate community dedicated to driving the sector to new heights with a history of doing so. Founded in 2009, we’ve grown into the nation’s largest care company, with over 260 locations and 14,000 care professionals delivering 1.5 million…

Mileage paid

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Care Assistant

MiHomecare Limited

Location
March, Cambridgeshire
Job type
Full-time
Posted
27 Jul

Company Description Care Assistant Pay: £13.20 per hour plus paid mileage Shifts: Flexible, full time hours Location: Wisbech and surrounding areas We're sorry, but we do not currently offer sponsorship to applicants. We are CCH. With 14,000 colleagues across 32 care companies, we have one purpose: to make sure no one…

Mileage paid

Jobs by Adzuna

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Master's Lodge Administrator

Gonville Caius College

Location
Chesterton, Cambridge
Pay
£17,999
Job type
Contract, Part-time
Posted
Today

Gonville & Caius College is seeking a Master's Lodge Administrator to work with the Master's Office and Master's Housekeeper in making the arrangements for events and operational visits within the Master's Lodge and assisting with other general administrative tasks. This is an exciting new part-time role, managed by…

Jobs by Adzuna

New

Masters Lodge Administrator

Gonville Caius College

Location
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Pay
£16,000
Job type
Part-time
Posted
Today

Gonville & Caius College is seeking a Master's Lodge Administrator to work with the Master's Office and Master's Housekeeper in making the arrangements for events and operational visits within the Master's Lodge and assisting with other general administrative tasks. This is an exciting new part-time role, managed by…

Jobs by Adzuna

Executive Assistant

Darling Moo Talent Ltd

Location
Pampisford, Cambridge
Pay
£35,000
Job type
Permanent, Full-time
Posted
2 days ago

Executive Assistant Location: Cambridge (office‑based with some home‑working flexibility) Salary: £35,000 Contract: Full time, permanent (37.5 hours per week) We’re supporting a well‑established organisation in Cambridge that’s looking for a proactive, organised and people‑centred Executive Assistant to join their…

Jobs by Adzuna

Pays 10% above typical

Children's Home Deputy Manager

Jupiter Recruitment

Location
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Pay
£40,000 – £45,000
Job type
Permanent, Full-time
Posted
6 days ago

An amazing new job opportunity has arisen for a committed Children's Home Deputy Manager to work in an exceptional home for the children based in Histon, Cambridge area.An amazing new job opportunity has arisen for a committed Children's Home Deputy Manager to work in an exceptional home for the children based in…

Jobs by Adzuna

Pays 10% above typical

Disability Assessor

Everpool Recruitment

Location
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Pay
£40,000 – £42,000
Job type
Permanent, Full-time
Posted
6 days ago

YOUR CLINICAL EXPERIENCE. A DIFFERENT CAREER DIRECTION. PIP Disability Assessor | £40,000–£42,000 | Hybrid | Monday–Friday For qualified healthcare professionals only: Active NMC, HCPC or GPhC registration and a minimum of 1 year of post-registration experience are essential. No non-clinical applicants. Ready to take…

Jobs by Adzuna

Team Manager - Families First

Opus People Solutions Ltd

Location
Pampisford, Cambridge
Pay
£94,640
Job type
Contract
Posted
1 week ago

About the Role Cambridgeshire County Council is seeking an experienced Team Manager to join its Families First Service. This is an excellent opportunity to work within a multi-disciplinary team, supporting children and families through assessment, intervention, safeguarding, and care planning. The successful candidate…

Jobs by Adzuna

Social care in Cambridge: stats & insights

Who needs care

  • 149,872

    people live in Cambridge

  • 12%

    are aged 65 or over (17,732 people)

  • 2,598

    people are aged 85 or over

  • 8,714

    look after someone unpaid; 2,040 do so for 50+ hours a week

The local care sector

  • 2,424

    residents work in social care (3% of people in work)

  • 312

    CQC-registered care services in Cambridgeshire

  • 139

    care homes, 49 of them with nursing

  • 139

    home care agencies; 43 services offer supported living

Providers with the most registered services in Cambridgeshire: Cambridgeshire County Council (15), G P Homecare Limited (9), Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (6), Mears Extra Care Limited (6) and Voyage 1 Limited (6).

What current adverts offer

  • £14.17/hr

    typical advertised pay (12 of 16 adverts that state pay are above the £12.71 National Living Wage)

  • 25 / 9

    full-time / part-time jobs (where the advert says)

  • 2

    say no experience is needed or full training is given

Advertising most right now: Paragon Social Care (4), Westminster Homecare (3), Advantage Healthcare Limited (2), Gonville Caius College (2) and Opus People Solutions Ltd (2).

Population and age: Population estimates, mid-2025, Office for National Statistics (Open Government Licence v3.0).

Unpaid care and jobs: Census 2021, Office for National Statistics (Open Government Licence v3.0). “Work in social care” counts residential care and social work without accommodation.

Care services: contains CQC information, the register of care services in England, downloaded November 2026. Counts are for the Cambridgeshire council area; a service offering several types counts in each.

Adverts: the 50 jobs within 15 miles shown on this page, so these figures change as jobs come and go.