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Social Worker - Fostering Support Team

City of Wolverhampton Council • Wolverhampton, West Midlands

Salary

£44k – £49k

Posted

26 August 2026

Work mode

Part-time

Sponsor match

high

Skilled WorkerWorker (A rating)

Role overview

City of Wolverhampton Council is hiring a Social Worker - Fostering Support Team in Wolverhampton, a part-time social work role advertised as contract. The advertised salary is £44k – £49k. City of Wolverhampton 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.

Social Worker – Fostering Support Team Salary - Grade 7 (Actual salary - £22,037.50 - £24,641.00) Hours - 18.5 hours per week Contract type - Part Time, Permanent Be the social worker you want to be… In Wolverhampton we are ambitious for our social workers, passionate about excellent, relational social work practice and courageous in our innovation, with leaders who are visible and responsive . We need people like you who want to make a real difference in the lives of children and families and …

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Visa sponsorship snapshot

Employer: City of Wolverhampton Council — confirmed licensed sponsor
Visa route: Skilled Worker
Advertised salary: £44k – £49k
How this salary compares: about 64% above the £30,000 median across 1,928 social work roles with published salaries on FindSponsorJobs
Location: Wolverhampton, West Midlands · Part-time
Similar roles nearby: 4 other live social work roles in Wolverhampton — browse them
Posted: 26 August 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.