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Animal Welfare & Science Technician at Coastland College

Dorset Council • Chapelhay, Weymouth

Salary

£25k – £25k

Posted

21 October 2026

Work mode

Full-time

Sponsor match

high

Skilled WorkerWorker (A rating)

Role overview

Dorset Council is hiring a Animal Welfare & Science Technician at Coastland College in Chapelhay, a full-time social work role. The advertised salary is £25k – £25k. Dorset 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.

Are you keen to work with a range of domestic, farm and exotic animals? Are you looking to share your passion for working with animals with our students and staff? Are you a welfare-focussed, hardworking and engaging individual? If you can answer yes to all three of those questions, then you should apply for one of our two Animal Technician posts! Our Animal Technicians work across two exciting animal collections on the Kingston Maurward estate; which house over 120 different domestic, farm, he…

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Visa sponsorship snapshot

Employer: Dorset Council — confirmed licensed sponsor
Visa route: Skilled Worker
Advertised salary: £25k – £25k
How this salary compares: about 16% below the £30,000 median across 2,523 social work roles with published salaries on FindSponsorJobs
Location: Chapelhay, Weymouth · Full-time
Similar roles nearby: 5 other live social work roles in Chapelhay — browse them
Posted: 21 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.