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Team Manager (Mental Health Safeguarding) | Mental Health I Adult Social Care | Preston

Lancashire County Council • Preston, Lancashire

Salary

£46k – £51k

Posted

23 September 2026

Work mode

Full-time

Sponsor match

high

Skilled WorkerWorker (A rating)

Role overview

Lancashire County Council is hiring a Team Manager (Mental Health Safeguarding) | Mental Health I Adult Social Care | Preston in Preston, a full-time social work role advertised as contract. The advertised salary is £46k – £51k. 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 £46,142 - 51,356 I Permanent I Team Manager (Mental Health Safeguarding) I Mental Health I Adult Social Care | Preston International Sponsorship – this role is not open to international sponsorship About the role This is an incredibly exciting time to join our service. We have launched Living Better Lives in Lancashire our new strengths-based vision for Adult Social Care. Through this we are embedding innovative practice that will make a real difference to the lives of people…

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Visa sponsorship snapshot

Employer: Lancashire County Council — confirmed licensed sponsor
Visa route: Skilled Worker
Advertised salary: £46k – £51k
How this salary compares: about 71% above the £30,068 median across 2,472 social work roles with published salaries on FindSponsorJobs
Location: Preston, Lancashire · Full-time
Similar roles nearby: 10 other live social work roles in Preston — browse them
Posted: 23 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.