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Home Help - Wastview Care Services - SIC08851

Shetland Islands CouncilWalls, Shetland Islands

Salary
£30k – £40k
Posted
3 July 2026
Work mode
Part-time
Sponsor match
high
Skilled WorkerWorker (A rating)
Role overview

Shetland Islands Council is hiring a Home Help - Wastview Care Services - SIC08851 in Walls, a part-time social work role advertised as permanent. 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 purpose of the job is to actively provide person-centred care in accordance with relevant legislation and guidelines. The postholder will attend to the practical, social and emotional needs of the service users in their care to enable people to live in the community as independently as possible. Depending on the service, the post holder will be required to support service users in their own homes and/or in residential or supported accommodation, this will include eithe…
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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 932 social work roles with published salaries on FindSponsorJobs
  • Location: Walls, Shetland Islands · Part-time
  • Posted: 3 July 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.

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