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Practitioners - Children & Young People's Residential Service (Values Based Recruitment) - SIC08876

Shetland Islands CouncilLerwick, Shetland Islands

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

Shetland Islands Council is hiring a Practitioners - Children & Young People's Residential Service (Values Based Recruitment) - SIC08876 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.

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  • 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 1,714 social work roles with published salaries on FindSponsorJobs
  • Location: Lerwick, Shetland Islands · Part-time
  • Posted: 17 July 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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