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Social Worker, Leaving and Aftercare, South Essex

Essex County CouncilBasildon, Essex

Salary
£48k – £48k
Posted
9 September 2026
Work mode
Full-time
Sponsor match
high
Government Authorised Exchange Temporary Worker (A rating)
Role overview

Essex County Council is hiring a Social Worker, Leaving and Aftercare, South Essex in Basildon, a full-time social work role advertised as permanent. The advertised salary is £48k – £48k. Essex County Council holds an active licence on the UK Home Office register of sponsors for the Government Authorised Exchange route, which means it can sponsor a visa for this hire if it chooses to.

Social Worker, Leaving and Aftercare, South Essex Permanent, Full Time £36,124 to £51,834 per annum Location: Basildon Working Style: Community-based worker Closing Date: 20th September 2026 Interview Date: 29th September 2026 *Essex County Council understand how important flexibility and wellbeing is for our colleagues working across children's Social Care and that we need to think differently. We have therefore developed a nine-day working fortnight for full time frontline Social Workers with…
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Visa sponsorship snapshot
  • Employer: Essex County Council — confirmed licensed sponsor
  • Visa route: Government Authorised Exchange
  • Advertised salary: £48k – £48k
  • How this salary compares: about 59% above the £30,000 median across 2,366 social work roles with published salaries on FindSponsorJobs
  • Location: Basildon, Essex · Full-time
  • Similar roles nearby: 4 other live social work roles in Basildon browse them
  • Posted: 9 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.

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