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Social Work First

Healthcare recruitment agency · London · trading 5 years · Works in all four UK nations

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Is Social Work First a good agency to work for?

It's one of the 224 social care agencies we rank, below our top tiers. Its strengths against agencies like it: covers more social care specialties than most.

Our ranking: the same tests for every agency, and no agency can pay to rank.

Overview

Social Work First supplies social care staff to councils across the UK, for temporary work. Social Work First is one of the 224 social care agencies we rank (outside the Top 50).

Strengths

  • Covers more social care specialties than most

Weaker areas

  • Trading for less time than most

Compared with the 224 social care agencies we rank, on the same published facts. How we rank

How we know: Social Work First

In its own words, from its website. We check every quote against the page it came from; where its pages disagree, both are shown.

What it says it covers

Settings
  • Local authority / social care we know the challenges that local authorities and social workers face on a day to day basis their page
Services
  • Temporary / locum shifts We source the best locum opportunities within the social care market their page
Professions
  • Social care & social work We source the best locum opportunities within the social care market from qualified social workers up to senior management their page · on 2 of its pages
Roles
  • Social worker (unspecified) from qualified social workers up to senior management and any specialism within this niche market their page · on 2 of its pages
  • Adult social worker Adults & Older People their page
  • Best interests assessor MCA/DOLS & BIA their page
  • Child protection / safeguarding social worker The Safeguarding Services dealing with: their page
  • Children in care / looked-after children Looked After Children/Children In Care their page
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  • Family support / early help Early Help their page
  • Fostering & adoption social worker Fostering their page
  • Hospital discharge social worker Hospital Discharge their page
  • Independent reviewing officer Independent Reviewing Officers their page
  • Youth justice worker Working with Young Offenders undertaking work for: their page

Rankings

Every agency is tested the same way; none can pay to rank. Exact positions only inside the overall Top 10.

Social care
Outside the Top 50 of 224

Social care. Social Work First is one of the 224 social care agencies we tested and ranked. Its social care work covers adult social work, children's social work, social work (general) and social work management. For social care it is on the HealthTrust Europe TWS3 framework. By specialty: social work (general) outside the top 10. Full social care ranking →

Jobs

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Company

From Companies House, framework supplier lists and the agency's website.

Founded
19 April 2021
Based
London
Phone
020 3011 0777

Confirmed frameworks · 1

Public sector supplier lists we matched to this agency.

  • HealthTrust Europe Total Workforce Solutions 3Social care · supplier list

Company record

Company
SOCIAL WORK FIRST LIMITED
Number
13343746
Status
Active
Office
London, EC3A 7LN

From Companies House under the Open Government Licence, checked October 2026, with published public sector framework supplier lists and the agency's website. Phone and offices from its website. View on Companies House ↗

Group

Part of a group owned by Social Personnel Limited.

For employers

Supplies councils, for temporary and locum work. What its website names. Others may be possible: ask it.

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Company record

SOCIAL WORK FIRST LIMITED

Company number
13343746
Status
Active
Incorporated
19 April 2021 · trading 5 years
Registered office
London, EC3A 7LN
Group
Part of a group owned by Social Personnel Limited
Trades as
Social Work First · socialworkfirst.co.uk

From Companies House under the Open Government Licence, checked October 2026. View on Companies House ↗

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