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Social Worker Adoption Lancashire & Blackpool - Family Finding Team

Lancashire County Council • Preston, Lancashire

Salary

£36k – £41k

Posted

20 August 2026

Work mode

Full-time

Sponsor match

high

Skilled WorkerWorker (A rating)

Role overview

Lancashire County Council is hiring a Social Worker Adoption Lancashire & Blackpool - Family Finding Team in Preston, a full-time social work role advertised as permanent. The advertised salary is £36k – £41k. Lancashire 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.

Description Salary £36,363-£40,777 Per annum | Permanent Part time 18.5 Hours Family Finding Social Worker | Adoption Lancashire & Blackpool - Family Finding Team | International Sponsorship – this role is not open to international sponsorship (Shortage Occupations only) On 01 April 2020, Blackpool Council and Lancashire County Council formed a Regional Adoption Agency (RAA): Adoption Lancashire and Blackpool. Lancashire County Council are the host authority for the RAA, which provides a compre…

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Visa sponsorship snapshot

Employer: Lancashire County Council — confirmed licensed sponsor
Visa route: Skilled Worker
Advertised salary: £36k – £41k
How this salary compares: about 36% above the £30,000 median across 1,928 social work roles with published salaries on FindSponsorJobs
Location: Preston, Lancashire · Full-time
Similar roles nearby: 11 other live social work roles in Preston — browse them
Posted: 20 August 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.