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Children's Senior Support Worker

Kent County Council • Tunstall, Sittingbourne

Salary

£32k – £35k

Posted

21 October 2026

Work mode

Part-time

Sponsor match

high

Skilled WorkerWorker (A rating)

Role overview

Kent County Council is hiring a Children's Senior Support Worker in Tunstall, a part-time social work role advertised as permanent. The advertised salary is £32k – £35k. Kent 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.

Role Responsibility Be part of building something that truly matters. We are looking for passionate and skilled Senior Children’s Support Workers to help shape and deliver care in our new Athena home in Sittingbourne. This is not a “business as usual” role – this is an opportunity to be part of building a home from the beginning and shaping its culture, practice and outcomes. Why Athena – and why now? Athena homes provide high-quality, relationship-based care in a therapeutic, trauma-informed e…

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Visa sponsorship snapshot

Employer: Kent County Council — confirmed licensed sponsor
Visa route: Skilled Worker
Advertised salary: £32k – £35k
How this salary compares: about 17% above the £30,000 median across 1,712 social work roles with published salaries on FindSponsorJobs
Location: Tunstall, Sittingbourne · Part-time
Similar roles nearby: 1 other live social work role in Tunstall — 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.

About this sector

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.