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Social Worker - Community Discharge Team

Coventry City Council • Coventry, West Midlands

Salary

£35k – £48k

Posted

17 September 2026

Sponsor match

high

Skilled WorkerWorker (A rating)

Role overview

Coventry City Council is hiring a Social Worker - Community Discharge Team in Coventry, a social work role. The advertised salary is £35k – £48k. Coventry City 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.

What is the job role? The service will operate across 7 days, Monday – Friday 8.00am – 8.00 pm and Weekends 8.00am – 4.00 pm for which a shift allowance of 10% is paid. We have a Social Work post within our Hospital Community Discharge team. You will be supporting people living with a wide range of social care issues. There is a real emphasis on promoting independence and supporting safe and timely Hospital Discharge. Our teams embrace strength-based practice, support Making Safeguarding Person…

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Visa sponsorship snapshot

Employer: Coventry City Council — confirmed licensed sponsor
Visa route: Skilled Worker
Advertised salary: £35k – £48k
How this salary compares: about 59% above the £30,068 median across 2,472 social work roles with published salaries on FindSponsorJobs
Location: Coventry, West Midlands
Similar roles nearby: 7 other live social work roles in Coventry — browse them
Posted: 17 September 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.