20 senior social worker jobs found

ERP Project Manager - 3 Months initially - 1 Day a week in Edinburgh - MUST HAVE HOUSEBUILDING INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE I'm currently looking to speak with experienced ERP Project Managers for an early-stage ERP transformation within the housing sector. The client is currently around systems selection and requires an ERP Project Manager to take ownership of specific workstreams as the programme starts to take shape. This role would suit someone with strong ERP implementation experience who is comfortable managing stakeholders, risks, issues, dependencies and delivery activity across defined workstreams. You will be responsible for keeping workstream activity structured, visible and moving forward, while supporting the wider programme as it progresses from selection into implementation. Key responsibilities: Managing defined ERP project workstreams Coordinating internal stakeholders, suppliers and delivery teams Tracking milestones, risks, issues and dependencies Supporting...

6 month Project Manager role Inside IR35 Immediate Start Hybrid - Onsite Dorset County Hall, Dorchester (2days) £400 to £450 a day Should have experience in children's services and be an experienced project manager. About Us Connect2Dorset is a managed service agency owned by Dorset Council, providing temporary, contract and interim opportunities within Dorset Council. Our service is built on our values of being ethical, trustworthy and caring, with profits returned to our Local Authority shareholders. This role is central to delivering a multi-year transformation agenda that improves outcomes for children and families, strengthens early intervention and enables more efficient, integrated service delivery. This role will lead the implementation of projects ensuring transformation is evidence-led, aligned with local needs, and delivers measurable impact. Working across early help, education, SEND, and social care, you will oversee projects where directed by the Delivery...

FM Audit & Health & Safety Manager London Local Authority Partnership | Contract Opportunity We're supporting a respected London local authority partnership to appoint an FM Audit & Health & Safety Manager on an initial 3‑month contract, with strong potential for extension. This is a high‑impact assurance role within a complex corporate and operational estate, ideal for an experienced FM or compliance professional who can confidently lead on statutory compliance, health & safety governance, and performance assurance across corporate office and operational environments. 📍 Location Richmond & Wandsworth - Hybrid working (3 days office / 2 days remote) 💼 Contract Details Rate: £27.46 PAYE / £35.94 Umbrella per hour Contract Length: 3 months (extension likely) Hours: Full-time, 36 hours per week (Monday-Friday) Start: ASAP 🔍 Role Overview The FM Audit & H&S Manager will provide independent assurance across Facilities Management, focusing on...

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Crisis & Resilience Fund Manager to join a busy local authority service in South East London on an initial 3-month contract. We are seeking a skilled manager with extensive experience of assessing and processing Discretionary Housing Payment (DHP) applications, alongside a strong understanding of welfare benefits, crisis support schemes, and discretionary financial assistance. You will be a confident decision-maker with excellent judgement and a proven ability to lead high-performing teams in delivering consistent, resident-focused outcomes. The successful candidate will manage a frontline service responsible for assessing Crisis Payment and Housing Payment applications, ensuring decisions are lawful, evidence-based, and compliant with policy and funding guidance. You will oversee quality assurance, appeals, complaints, performance monitoring, workflow management, and service resilience, while driving continuous...

Interim Nursing Home Manager Location: Oswestry, Shropshire Rate: £400 per day + expenses Contract: 3 months initially, with possible extension Employment type: Interim / Contract Requirement: Registered Nurse with an active NMC PIN About the Role We are seeking an experienced Interim Nursing Home Manager to take the reins of a luxury, modern nursing home in Oswestry. This is a hands-on leadership assignment for a confident and commercially aware manager who can stabilise, motivate, and lead a high-quality care service from day one. The home provides nursing and dementia care within a premium, purpose-built environment and is designed to deliver an exceptional resident experience. You will be responsible for ensuring excellent standards of care, compliance, occupancy, team leadership, and operational performance throughout the interim period. This is an excellent opportunity for a Registered Nurse (RGN/RMN/RNLD) with strong leadership experience to step into a prestigious...

Team Manager - Family Help Hub Dudley Council | £44 per hour | Hybrid (3 days onsite) Are you an experienced Social Work professional ready to step into a leadership role where you can truly make an impact? Dudley Council is looking for a passionate and driven Team Manager to lead within their Family Help Hub, delivering high-quality services to children and families who need it most. The Role As Team Manager, you'll lead, inspire, and develop a dedicated social work team, ensuring vulnerable children and families receive the support, protection, and care they deserve. This is a fantastic opportunity to shape services and drive meaningful change. Provide strong leadership, vision, and operational direction across the service Drive service improvement within children's social care Play a key role in strategic developments for families across Dudley Oversee and support Social Workers, ASYE's, Trainee Social Workers, and Young Person's Advisors Ensure delivery of responsive,...

Belmont Recruitment are currently seeking an experienced IT Project Manager to work with our Local Authority client on an interim basis. This is a full-time role working 37 hours per week on a hybrid basis. Overview: This role sits within the IT Services team and is responsible for leading the Project Team and supporting the delivery of a portfolio of IT and information systems projects across the organisation. The role involves managing projects through the full lifecycle, ensuring effective analysis of business requirements and the delivery of appropriate IT solutions. The successful candidate will also be responsible for overseeing programme resource planning and budget management, producing regular programme status reports, and providing PMO support and direction to Project Analysts. Main Duties: * Managing a portfolio of IT and information systems projects * Leading projects through the full lifecycle from initiation to completion * Analysing business requirements...

Housing Services Manager Hours: 35 hours per week Location: Office-based Loughborough Estate Management Board (LEMB) manages housing services on behalf of residents and works in partnership with local authority to deliver high-quality housing management services. The organisation is committed to excellent customer service, community development, resident satisfaction, equality, diversity, health and safety, and value for money. Housing Services Manager Day to day duties: * Lead and manage the Housing Management Service, ensuring excellent service delivery to tenants and leaseholders. * Manage and support housing staff, including recruitment, training, appraisals, performance management, and development. * Oversee income collection, tenancy management, anti-social behaviour (ASB) cases, complaints, community engagement, and void property management. * Monitor service performance, prepare reports, and ensure key performance targets are achieved. * Develop and review housing...

4Recruitment Services are seeking to recruit an experienced and customer-focused Housing Manager to lead the delivery of high-quality housing and neighbourhood services.   You will manage a team delivering key housing functions, including tenancy management, income collection, leasehold services, empty homes, and customer support, ensuring excellent outcomes for residents and communities. Working collaboratively with colleagues and partners, you will drive service improvement, support staff performance, and ensure services are delivered in line with housing legislation, organisational policies, and best practice. You will play a key role in promoting sustainable tenancies, enhancing customer satisfaction, and creating safe, thriving neighbourhoods DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE: Lead and manage a high-performing, customer-focused housing management service, ensuring excellent service delivery across tenancy management, income collection, empty homes, leasehold services,...

We are recruiting on behalf of our client for an experienced Neighbourhood Services Manager to join a large and high-performing housing organisation on an initial 3-month contract, with the potential for extension. This is a senior operational leadership role responsible for overseeing a large-scale housing management service covering approximately 16,000 properties. The successful candidate will play a key role in stabilising services, driving performance, and ensuring excellent neighbourhood and tenancy management outcomes. The successful Neighbourhood Services Manager will receive support and onboarding from the Head of Neighbourhood Services to ensure a smooth transition into the role. Key Responsibilities of a Neighbourhood Services Manager: Lead and manage a high-demand neighbourhood housing management service. Drive service improvement, operational performance, and customer satisfaction. Provide leadership across neighbourhood management and anti-social behaviour (ASB)...

About the job This is an exciting role where you will provide professional support to the County Council in its role as Administering Authority to the Client and as Scheme Manager for the Client's Fire & Rescue Pension Scheme. You will help deliver efficient and effective, customer focused services in line with statutory guidance, including realising service improvements now and in the future through resource planning, creative problem solving and managing emerging and evolving projects, policies and strategies. What you'll need to succeed You will need to be a highly motivated, skilled and experienced manager who is able to manage, develop and motivate a diverse team and external providers to deliver the Pension Team's objectives. You will be extremely organised, able to successfully plan work and prioritise effectively, deliver service improvements and review the effectiveness of service delivery. You will need excellent communication skills at all levels, including senior...

Role: Station & Customer Operations Manager Location: Marylebone Station, London Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract - 12 Months Salary: Up to £75,000 per annum Role Purpose Chiltern Railways is committed to delivering stations that are safe, intuitive, accessible, and designed around the needs of our customers. We are seeking a Stations & Customer Operations specialist to lead the strategic planning and development of station operations, ensuring that future designs, upgrades, and major projects reflect both operational practicality and exceptional customer experience. This role focuses on long-term planning, design influence, and operational readiness—not day to day station management. You will shape how our stations evolve, ensuring that passenger handling, customer experience, and operational requirements are embedded into every project and investment decision. You will engage in projects that are being delivered internally or that are being developed with third...

Role Purpose To manage and deliver key projects that drive the transformation of services and processes across Surrey County Council's Children, Families & Lifelong Learning (CFLL) Directorate. Working closely with Programme Managers and cross-functional teams to ensure that projects are delivered on time, within budget, and in alignment with the Council's strategic transformation objectives. Oversee project planning, manage resources, and mitigate risks to ensure successful implementation of change initiatives. Drive continuous improvement and foster collaboration to contribute to enhancing the effectiveness, efficiency, and sustainability of Council services, contributing to the Council's transformation and continuous improvement initiatives. Key accountabilities 1. Oversee the end-to-end delivery of assigned projects, ensuring they are completed on time, within scope, and in line with the Council's transformation objectives. 2. Ensure project outputs support and...

Team Manager - Family Safeguarding Surrey Up to £45 per hour + 45p per mile Contract | Hybrid Connect2Socialwork are currently recruiting for an experienced Team Manager to lead a Family Safeguarding Team in Surrey. This is a fantastic opportunity to step into a leadership role focused on delivering high-quality, child-centred services and driving positive outcomes for families. Key Responsibilities Lead and manage a multidisciplinary Family Safeguarding Team Drive high standards of practice, ensuring compliance with statutory requirements Provide supervision, guidance and professional challenge to staff Promote strengths-based, relationship-led practice Oversee performance, ensuring timely and effective service delivery Work collaboratively with multi-agency partners to safeguard children and support familiesRequirements Qualified Social Worker with Social Work England registration Proven experience within Family Safeguarding / Children's Services Strong leadership...

Quality Assurance Manager - Fixed Term 12 months 📍 Hybrid working with national travel 🕐 Full time – 37.5 hours Join us and help shape outstanding care across the UK At Voyage Care, our vision is simple – Fulfilling Lives for All. We’re looking for an experienced and passionate Quality Assurance Manager to play a pivotal role in driving excellence across our services. If you're a quality-focused professional with a strong understanding of regulatory frameworks and a commitment to continuous improvement, this is your opportunity to make a real impact on people’s lives. About the role As a Quality Assurance Manager, you’ll lead internal audits across your regional portfolio, ensuring our services consistently deliver safe, effective, and person-centred care aligned with CQC, CIW and CIS standards. You’ll work closely with senior leaders and operational teams to identify risks, drive improvements and embed best practice throughout our organisation. What you’ll be doing Leading...

Building Safety Manager Our Client is looking for Building Saftety Manager to provide professional leadership and assurance in the management of building safety for the Council's HRBs. Lead the operational management of building safety for designated HRBs within the council's housing stock. - Oversee compliance with the Building Safety Act 2022, Fire Safety Act 2021, the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 and the Fire Safety (Residential Evacuation Plans) (England) Regulations 2025, ensuring that statutory duties are fully discharged. - Build, maintain and review Building Safety Cases and Building Safety Case Reports, ensuring accurate documentation, up-to-date records and evidence of effective control measures. - Undertake and coordinate regular building inspections, reviews, assessments and audits relating to structural and fire & building safety. - Work with the Fire & Building Safety Manager, Head of Fire & Building Safety and other stakeholders...

Your new company Our West Midlands based client is looking for an Interim Delivery Manager to join them on a transformation programme. You will lead the current shift schedule from fragmented, locally managed cleaning arrangements to a standardised, efficient, digitally enabled service aligned with industry benchmarks. Working closely with the Head of Service, you will uncover issues, validate information, and implement new systems, processes, and governance frameworks.You will manage Cleaning Supervisors and around 50 part‑time Operatives, driving accountability, improving performance, and supporting behavioural and cultural change. This role requires someone who can get stuck in, build trust quickly, and bring a fresh pair of eyes to long‑standing challenges. Your new role You will be responsible for delivering the transformation programme across several core areas:Service Transformation & Integration: Bringing multiple cleaning services together into a single, consistent...

Warehouse Improvement Manager | 3 Months Fixed Term Contract About the Company Jackson Hogg are delighted to be partnering with a growing, family-run distribution business that supplies a wide range of essential products to businesses across the North of England. Operating across multiple sites, the organisation has built a strong reputation for service, reliability, and continued growth within its sector. With a focus on operational excellence and continuous improvement, they are now looking to strengthen their warehouse performance and processes during a key period of development. The Role We are looking for a hands-on and driven Warehouse Improvement Manager to join the business on a 3-month fixed-term contract. Working closely with the Operations Manager, this role will focus on enhancing warehouse efficiency by embedding processes, driving consistency, and supporting teams to meet operational KPIs. This is a highly visible, shop-floor-based role requiring someone who can...

Title – LGR Programme Manager Rate – £400 - £500 a day Length – 6 months A Surrey local authority is seeking an experienced programme professional to support the next phase of Local Government Reorganisation (LGR). With reorganisation activity moving into implementation planning ahead of transition next April, this role will help coordinate delivery, strengthen programme oversight, and support organisational readiness across multiple workstreams. This is a fast-paced and politically sensitive environment requiring someone who can quickly establish structure, manage priorities, and work effectively across officer and member groups. Role Purpose Working within the transformation/LGR team, the postholder will coordinate programme activity, maintain governance and reporting, and support delivery of transition and implementation plans. The role will involve close working with senior leaders, service areas, partner councils, and programme stakeholders to ensure workstreams remain...

Property Manager Ipswich Contract £24.96 per hour PAYE or £33.66 per hour limited paid via umbrella company inside IR35 Our client is looking for an experienced Property Manager To manage and lead the Property Department for Suffolk Fire and Rescue. Contribute to annual planning and delivery of Fire and Rescue Service objectives, on behalf of the Fire Authority and Senior Leadership Team, in line with the National Framework, the Fire and Rescue Services Act, NFCC guidance, green agenda and local priorities. To lead the Property workstream for the Service, maintaining its property portfolio, plan preventative maintenance programmes, manage reactive works, act as single point of contact for PFI, Vertas, corporate property, third party contractors and tenants on shared sites. Ensure the resource, systems and procedures within the Property workstream are resilient and consistently focused on the provision of a high-quality estates portfolio. This is one of many roles we are recruiting...