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Children's Residential Support Worker

Surrey County Council • Woking, Surrey

Salary
£32k – £34k
Posted
6 October 2026
Work mode
Full-time
Sponsor match
high
Skilled WorkerWorker (A rating)
Role overview

Surrey County Council is hiring a Children's Residential Support Worker in Woking, a full-time social work role advertised as contract. The advertised salary is £32k – £34k. Surrey County 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.

The starting salary for this role is £31,659 per annum for working 36 hours per week plus enhanced rates of pay for weekends, bank holidays and sleep in duties. This role requires shift working on a rota basis. On average you would be required to work two sleep-ins per week and approximately one weekend in three as part of a 24-7 caring service. We provide enhanced rates of pay for any unsociable hours you work including sleep ins, weekend and bank holiday working. Are you curious about what it…
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Visa sponsorship snapshot
  • Employer: Surrey County Council — confirmed licensed sponsor
  • Visa route: Skilled Worker
  • Advertised salary: £32k – £34k
  • How this salary compares: about 13% above the £30,000 median across 1,766 social work roles with published salaries on FindSponsorJobs
  • Location: Woking, Surrey · Full-time
  • Similar roles nearby: 3 other live social work roles in Woking — browse them
  • Posted: 6 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.

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