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Shared Lives Carer

Leicestershire County Council • Humberstone, Leicester

Salary
£26k – £38k
Posted
2 November 2026
Work mode
Full-time
Sponsor match
high
Skilled WorkerWorker (A rating)
Role overview

Leicestershire County Council is hiring a Shared Lives Carer in Humberstone, a full-time social work role advertised as contract. The advertised salary is £26k – £38k. Leicestershire 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.

Shared Lives Carer Location: Leicestershire Salary: £499- £735 per week Vacancy Type: Contract Leicestershire County are looking for carers who want to help their clients to live life to the full. Carers must live in Leicestershire (not Leicester City). The Role Shared Lives Carers provide long-term and short breaks social care placements in their own homes to support people from the age of 18, with learning disabilities, mental health, autism and Asperger’s, physical disabilities, sensory impa…
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Visa sponsorship snapshot
  • Employer: Leicestershire County Council — confirmed licensed sponsor
  • Visa route: Skilled Worker
  • Advertised salary: £26k – £38k
  • How this salary compares: about 27% above the £30,000 median across 1,669 social work roles with published salaries on FindSponsorJobs
  • Location: Humberstone, Leicester · Full-time
  • Similar roles nearby: 3 other live social work roles in Humberstone — browse them
  • Posted: 2 November 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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