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Principal Social Worker for Children

Staffordshire County Council • Hyde Lea, Stafford

Salary

£67k – £67k

Posted

11 October 2026

Work mode

Full-time

Sponsor match

high

Skilled WorkerWorker (A rating)

Role overview

Staffordshire County Council is hiring a Principal Social Worker for Children in Hyde Lea, a full-time social work role advertised as permanent. The advertised salary is £67k – £67k. Staffordshire 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.

Our Children and Families services and our vision here in Staffordshire is rooted in four core principles that underpin everything we do: Families first – network and community always Right help, right time – proportionate, timely and co-produced with children and families Whole-system responsibility for supporting children and families to be happy, healthy and safe Permanence as belonging from day one To achieve our ambition, we have taken a bold decision to transform our service structure and…

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Visa sponsorship snapshot

Employer: Staffordshire County Council — confirmed licensed sponsor
Visa route: Skilled Worker
Advertised salary: £67k – £67k
How this salary compares: about 124% above the £30,000 median across 2,446 social work roles with published salaries on FindSponsorJobs
Location: Hyde Lea, Stafford · Full-time
Similar roles nearby: 5 other live social work roles in Hyde Lea — browse them
Posted: 11 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.