14 senior social worker jobs found

Head of Quality Assurance & Performance South West England 20-week contract | Start ASAP £480–£520 per day Inside IR35 (via umbrella) Hybrid working (2–3 days on site)   CVs are being reviewed immediately and interviews will be taking place week commencing 8th June 2026 Are you ready to step into a pivotal leadership role where your impact will directly shape outcomes for children and young people? As Head of Quality Assurance & Performance, you will sit at the heart of Children’s Services, driving excellence across quality, practice and performance. Reporting into senior leadership, you will influence strategy, lead transformation and ensure services consistently meet the highest safeguarding standards. This Head of Quality Assurance & Performance role offers you the opportunity to lead large-scale improvements, oversee critical frameworks and play a key part in inspection readiness and delivery. This is more than a contract – it’s your chance to leave a lasting...

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...

Teignbridge District Council £500 per day (Inside IR35) | 4 months (likely extension) | Hybrid - Newton Abbot / Remote Teignbridge District Council are looking for an experienced Housing Development Officer to support the delivery of a high-profile affordable housing and temporary accommodation programme across the district. This is a fantastic opportunity to step into a delivery-focused role at a pivotal time, with the Council progressing major capital schemes, a new Local Plan on the horizon, and an ambitious Housing Strategy being shaped for 2026 and beyond. You'll be joining a proactive Housing Enabling and Development team working at pace across development, acquisitions, and partnership delivery with Registered Providers, developers, and key stakeholders. Key Projects You'll Be Leading On You'll take ownership and oversight of a varied and impactful portfolio, including: Sherborne House Car Park, Newton Abbot - a flagship Council-led scheme delivering 23 Passivhaus...

Role: Resident Electrical Engineer Location: Plymouth Duration: 12 months Rate: DOE Inside IR35: Umbrella The purpose : Ensure the delivery of site Quality by managing, providing advice and support, and witnessing the installation and commissioning process through construction works in the submarine refit complex. Primary focus will be Electrical activity. You will be accountable to the Lead Construction Manager for day to day planning matters. You will assist the construction and Project team by providing advice and communicating with contractors and relevant internal stakeholders to resolve site issues/ Technical Queries during construction in line with contract timescales. You will ensure the contractor adheres to the Scope of works and Change requests. You will undertake and record inspections to ensure adherence to scope and integrated test plans. Responsibilties Ensure the delivery of site Quality by managing, providing advice and support, and witnessing the...

INTERIM FINANCE BUSINESS PARTNER - Capital Projects Leicester | Hybrid Working (4 days on site) | 3-6 Months | £300 per day (Inside IR35) Gleeson are delighted to be working with a leading UK retailer in Leicester who are seeking an Interim Capital Projects Accountant to support its Commercial Finance team. Working closely with senior operational stakeholders across areas including Warehousing, Shopfitting and Technology, you'll provide financial oversight of significant capital expenditure budgets, helping the business understand where money is being spent, how projects are performing against plan, and what future spend is likely to look like. This is a highly commercial role requiring strong business partnering, forecasting and analytical skills. Key Responsibilities Partner with senior managers to review and challenge project spend and forecasts Monitor actual expenditure against budget, identifying risks, opportunities and emerging trends Analyse large volumes of...

User Researcher - Government / Public Sector Rate: £520 per day (Inside IR35) Location: Fully Remote Contract: Initial until 30th September 2026 + 6-month rolling extensions The Opportunity We are looking for an experienced User Researcher (SFIA Level 5) to join a high-profile Government / Public Sector digital payments programme. This is a key role where you'll lead and coordinate user research across multiple agile teams, ensuring services are designed around real user needs and deliver measurable outcomes for citizens. You'll play a critical part in shaping and improving digital payment services within a complex, large-scale public sector environment. Key Responsibilities Research Leadership & Delivery Lead and coordinate user research across multiple delivery teams Take ownership of research for a dedicated product area within the payments programme Plan, design and execute end-to-end research activities Conduct qualitative research and support quantitative...

Job Specification – VIP Support Analyst Role Title: VIP Support Analyst IR35 Status: Inside IR35 Security Clearance Required: BPSS Location: Warrington (Full-time onsite with travel to other Amentum locations as required) Working Pattern: 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday Shift / On-Call Requirement: Possible on-call support required during periods of business demand Expenses: Travel and accommodation covered when travelling to other sites We are seeking a highly professional, customer-focused VIP Support Analyst to join the International IT Service Desk team. This role provides high-priority, white-glove IT support to senior leadership, VIP users, and key business stakeholders, ensuring a seamless, responsive, and discreet technology experience. The successful candidate will operate across L1 to L3 support activities, combining Service Desk call handling, remote support, and hands-on onsite support across Warrington and other Amentum locations as required. The role is highly...

Senior Revenues & Contracts Officer (Local Taxation) Location: Remote Contract: 43 Weeks Rate: PAYE: £164.59 per day / Umbrella: £216.39 per day IR35: Inside IR35 Start Date: Mid-June 2026 Hours: 35 per week We are currently supporting a large London local authority with the appointment of an experienced Senior Revenues & Contracts Officer to join their Revenues & Benefits function on a long-term contract basis. This is an excellent opportunity for a revenues professional with strong experience across Council Tax and Business Rates administration, contract/performance management, and local taxation legislation. Key Responsibilities * Supporting the management and performance monitoring of the Revenues Service provider * Ensuring maximisation of Council Tax and Business Rates collection performance * Reviewing and authorising Council Tax refunds and carrying out quality assurance checks * Handling disputes, complaints, FOIs, Ombudsman enquiries and member...

Head of DDaT (Interim) Berkshire, South East England Hybrid £800-£900 per day (Inside IR35) Initial 6-Month Contract Sellick Partnership are currently partnered with a large Public Sector organisation to recruit an experienced Head of DDaT to support a major organisation-wide transformation programme. This is a pivotal leadership role within Digital, Data and Technology, responsible for leading the delivery of technology-enabled change and overseeing a portfolio of strategic transformation and improvement projects. The successful candidate will play a key role in helping shape and deliver the organisation's future digital operating model, whilst acting as the client-side lead for key delivery partners and suppliers. As the Head of DDaT, you will work closely with the Director of Digital, Data and Technology and senior leadership teams to drive successful programme delivery across a fast-paced and evolving environment. This role combines strategic oversight with hands-on...

Data Engineer - Contract Rate: £500 per day (inside IR35) Location: Remote with 1 day per month in Leeds Duration: Until March 2027 with the possibility of extension Availability: 2 weeks' notice or less required Clearance: BPSS check required The Role We are working with a leading healthtech consultancy that is one of the most established names in UK digital health, and employs over 300 staff. The organisation has delivered some of the largest healthtech programmes in the world, with deep roots in NHS transformation alongside work spanning government and public sector clients internationally. This role sits within one of the NHS's most critical national digital programmes -the infrastructure that connects GP practices, hospital trusts, NHS 111, and pharmacies into a joined-up system, underpinning services including the Electronic Prescription Service, GP Connect, and the national roll-out of Electronic Patient Records. As the Data Engineer, you will play a hands-on role in...

Control Panel Wirer £20.00 - £25.00hr (Inside IR35) Yeovil 3 Month Rolling Contract Monday - Friday (08:00am - 16:30pm) Are you an Control Panel Wirer looking for your next immediately available, long term, days based contract role in a leading engineering company that work within a very niche sector? On offer is an immediately available, days based contract role for a Control Panel Wirer wanting to work for a company that is growing from strength to strength. With attractive rates of pay & an immediately available contract role on offer this is a very good opportunity for a Control Panel Wirer who can working from Engineering drawings and do all the Wiring work on my clients Special Purpose Equipment. This is a brilliant role for a Control Panel Wirer who has a proven track record in wiring, control panels, working from engineering drawings and wanting an immediately available, days based, long-term contract role. The Role: Control Panel Wiring Working from...

Interim Financial Transformation Lead – Adults Commissioning Walsall £550–£650/day Inside IR35 (flexibility for exceptional candidates) Interim Contract The role An exciting opportunity for an experienced transformation leader to drive financial recovery and improvement across Adult Social Care commissioning. You’ll lead a focused programme to recover outstanding debt linked to commissioned services delivered with health partners, while strengthening the systems, processes and operational approach that underpin financial management and performance. This is not a traditional finance role. We’re looking for someone with a strong commissioning and transformation background who can work across organisational boundaries, build effective relationships with health partners and operational teams, and deliver sustainable system-wide change. Key areas of focus include debt recovery, process improvement, financial oversight, stakeholder engagement and embedding long-term operational...

Senior Natural Environment Officer (Ecology) Towcester Contract £65 per hour limited paid via umbrella company inside IR35 Our client is looking for an experienced is looking for a Senior Natural Environment Officer (Ecology) Remote or on-site: 3 days remote, 2 days on-site (Hybrid, based in Towcester) We are particularly keen to recruit someone who has experience of working in local government as an ecologist and commenting on planning applications as part of that role This is one of many roles we are recruiting for please visit our website colbernlimited co uk To support the provision of appropriate specialist advice on natural environment issues, with a technical specialism in ecology. To support the production and maintenance of an up-to-date suite of policy documents to guide and set high standards for future development in the area, including developing, maintaining and reviewing local plans, neighbourhood plans and other planning policy documents. To support specialist...

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...