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Administration Support Worker - Children's Social Work - Laburnum - SIC09065

Shetland Islands Council • Lerwick, Shetland Islands

Salary

£30k – £40k

Posted

9 October 2026

Work mode

Part-time

Sponsor match

high

Skilled WorkerWorker (A rating)

Role overview

Shetland Islands Council is hiring a Administration Support Worker - Children's Social Work - Laburnum - SIC09065 in Lerwick, a part-time social work role advertised as contract. The advertised salary is £30k – £40k. Shetland Islands Council holds an active licence on the UK Home Office register of sponsors for the Skilled Worker route, which means it can sponsor a visa for this hire if it chooses to.

Advertisement Details The Administration Support Worker will be based in one of a number of settings and will provide a full range of administrative support to a locality or team(s). A degree of flexibility will be required, to meet the demands of the service. There may be considerable contact with customers, families and carers who will have varying degrees of need to which the postholder will be required to respond as appropriate. More detail is provided in the Job Profile, Person Specificati…

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Visa sponsorship snapshot

Employer: Shetland Islands Council — confirmed licensed sponsor
Visa route: Skilled Worker
Advertised salary: £30k – £40k
How this salary compares: about 33% above the £30,000 median across 2,446 social work roles with published salaries on FindSponsorJobs
Location: Lerwick, Shetland Islands · Part-time
Similar roles nearby: 3 other live social work roles in Lerwick — browse them
Posted: 9 October 2026
How we verify sponsors: employers are matched against the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors — read our methodology.

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Social work and care is a high-volume sponsorship category driven by persistent demand for care assistants, senior care workers, registered nurses in care settings, and qualified social workers. Many care home operators and domiciliary care providers hold active sponsor licences and recruit internationally on a regular basis.