Hire care assistants in Manchester — faster with Lily

Care assistants in Manchester typically earn £12.21–£13.75 per hour, equating to roughly £23,800–£26,800 per year at 37.5 hours. Senior care assistants earn £13.75–£15.50 per hour, and night shifts usually carry a £0.50–£1.25 hourly uplift. Pay sits slightly above the UK adult social care average, driven by NHS competition and Greater Manchester's Real Living Wage commitment. Sources: Skills for Care 2024, ONS ASHE North West earnings.

Lily screens applicants in an average of 0.83 days from application to structured shortlist — around 10× faster than the 9-day UK industry average. Most Manchester providers using Lily make an offer within 7–10 days of an applicant first applying, subject to your interview process and DBS turnaround.

Every care assistant hire requires an Enhanced DBS check (eDBS) with the adults' barred list, a right to work (RTW) check, and at least two references covering the most recent five years of employment. CQC also expects identity verification and a values-based, structured interview. Lily runs all of these automatically and stores the evidence in a CQC-ready audit trail.

A typical Manchester care recruitment agency charges 15–25% of first-year salary — roughly £3,750–£6,250 per care assistant hire. Lily charges a flat £300 per successful hire on the End to End plan, with no subscription, no setup fee, and no retainer. Screening-only is £99. You only pay when someone joins.

Lily supports CQC-registered providers across all ten Greater Manchester boroughs — Manchester, Salford, Trafford, Stockport, Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Tameside, and Wigan — and across every adult social care setting, including residential and nursing homes, domiciliary care, supported living, and learning disability services.