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Sw Locums

Healthcare recruitment agency · Ingatestone · trading 16 years · Works in England and Wales · Social care specialist

Top 50 in social careSpecialist · social care

Questions people ask about Sw Locums

Is Sw Locums a good agency to work for?

On our tests it ranks in the Top 50 of 224 social care agencies. Its strengths against agencies like it: trading for longer than most and covers more social care specialties than most.

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

What does Sw Locums pay?

Typical hourly pay in its live adverts, by role:

Role, in its live advertsTypical hourly pay
Children's social worker£38–£38
Adult social worker£37–£37

From its own adverts that state pay, as advertised. Only roles with 10 or more such adverts.

Where does Sw Locums have jobs?

Most of its live jobs are in London, the East of England and the South West.

Its live adverts, checked against its website about once a day.

How do I join Sw Locums?

Its website lists these steps, among others: application form, DBS check, ID check, qualifications check and references.

In its own words, from its website

Where can I read Sw Locums reviews?

Its Google rating is near the top of this page, with a link to the reviews on Google Maps. Our ranking doesn't use reviews: it's based on tests we run the same way for every agency.

Google reviews are shown as Google displays them

Overview

Sw Locums is ranked in the Top 50 of the 224 social care agencies we rank. Sw Locums supplies social care staff to community services and hospitals in England and Wales.

Strengths

  • Trading for longer than most
  • Covers more social care specialties than most

Weaker areas

None stand out against the 224 social care agencies we rank.

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

See reviews on Google Maps ↗All Sw Locums listings on Google Maps ↗

From Google, shown as Google displays it. It isn't part of our ranking.

How we know: Sw Locums

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 offers candidates

Joining steps
  • Application form SW locums endeavor to condense the application form as much as possible, whilst still meeting the compliance requirements their page · on 2 of its pages
  • DBS check Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Certificate – DBS Check. Please send a copy if issued within the past 12 months their page
  • ID check Birth Certificate or Marriage Certificate (if applicable) their page
  • Qualifications check Qualification Certificates – Health and Care Professions Council – HCPC registration Certificate their page
  • References References – Names and contact details of professional referees to cover the last 5 years of your employment/education their page
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  • Professional registration check Qualification Certificates – Health and Care Professions Council – HCPC registration Certificate or your HCPC number so we can check the website their page
  • Right to work check Current passport + Visa/Work Permit (if applicable) their page

What it says it covers

Settings
  • Community We bring the best candidates for the community care jobs in Wales, London and throughout the UK their page · on 3 of its pages
  • Hospital It is an online platform that connects hospitals with the right kind of hospital social worker candidates. their page · on 2 of its pages
Professions
  • Social care & social work It is an online platform that connects hospitals with the right kind of hospital social worker candidates. their page · on 5 of its pages
Roles
  • Hospital discharge social worker It is an online platform that connects hospitals with the right kind of hospital social worker candidates. their page · on 3 of its pages
  • Social worker (unspecified) The growing demand of professionally qualified social worker is high in the society. their page · on 3 of its pages
  • Adult social worker safeguarding adults in the UK their page
  • Approved mental health professional AMHP Jobs UK their page
  • Care assistant / carer If you always wanted to do community care worker jobs their page
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  • Child protection / safeguarding social worker the child care and child protection jobs the UK has to offer their page
  • Children's social worker (team not stated) job profiles such as look after children job in the UK their page

Rankings

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

Social careSpecialist
Top 50 of 224

Social care. Sw Locums is one of the top 50 of the 224 social care agencies we tested. It earns our social care specialist mark. Its social care work covers adult social work, children's social work and social work (general). For social care it is on the Crown Commercial Service RM6281 framework. By specialty: social work (general) outside the top 10. Full social care ranking →

Jobs

53 open jobs on our site. Newest first.

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  1. Children's Social Worker Birkenhead M9971

    Sw Locums · Across Merseyside

    Up to £35 an hour

    Top 50 of 224 social care agencies we rankHolds our specialist mark in social care6 days ago

  2. CP Social Worker Lincoln SW8234

    Sw Locums · Across Lincolnshire

    Up to £37 an hour

    Top 50 of 224 social care agencies we rankHolds our specialist mark in social care6 days ago

  3. Social Worker Childrens Assessment Mansfield P2064

    Sw Locums · Across Nottinghamshire

    Up to £35 an hourLocum or bank

    Top 50 of 224 social care agencies we rankHolds our specialist mark in social care7 days ago

See all 53 open jobs

For people looking for work

To join, you'll need: application form, DBS check, ID check and 4 more
  • Application form
  • DBS check
  • ID check
  • Qualifications check
  • References
  • Professional registration check
  • Right to work check

Company

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

Founded
17 November 2009
Based
Nazeing
Phone
01920 823775

Confirmed frameworks · 1

Public sector supplier lists we matched to this agency.

  • Crown Commercial Service RM6281 (clinical & healthcare staffing)Social care · supplier list

Company record

Company
SW LOCUMS LTD
Number
07078226
Status
Active
Office
Ingatestone, CM4 9DW

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

For employers

Supplies community services and hospitals. What its website names. Others may be possible: ask it.

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Company record

SW LOCUMS LTD

Company number
07078226
Status
Active
Incorporated
17 November 2009 · trading 16 years
Registered office
Ingatestone, CM4 9DW
Trades as
Sw Locums · swlocums.com
Email
info@swlocums.com

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

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