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Social Worker - Duty Team - Adult Social Care - Leicestershire County Council

Reed • Loughborough, Leicestershire

Salary

£71k – £71k

Posted

14 July 2026

Sponsor match

high

Skilled WorkerWorker (A rating)

Role overview

Reed is hiring a Social Worker - Duty Team - Adult Social Care - Leicestershire County Council in Loughborough, a social work role advertised as permanent. The advertised salary is £71k – £71k. Reed 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 client, Leicestershire County Council, is seeking a Social Worker for its newly-formed Duty team in Adult Social Care. The role is likely to last up to 12 months. Paid at £34 per hour (umbrella). The role will involve the following: Undertaking a specialist duty role Taking the duty function out of the community / case management teams and turning it into a focused role Triage, risk assessment, threshold decisions, signposting etc. Covering the Charnwood area Working with older adults or ad…

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Visa sponsorship snapshot

Employer: Reed — confirmed licensed sponsor
Visa route: Skilled Worker
Advertised salary: £71k – £71k
How this salary compares: about 136% above the £30,000 median across 932 social work roles with published salaries on FindSponsorJobs
Location: Loughborough, Leicestershire
Similar roles nearby: 2 other live social work roles in Loughborough — browse them
Posted: 14 July 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.