Job Tag: Social Worker

Registered Manager

Excel Recruitment is delighted to be recruiting for a Registered Manager in Loughinisland, Co. Down on a permanent full-time basis.

For you:

  • £51,332 per year along with additional incentives for covering the “on-call” duties.
  • Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm working hours (with an on-call requirement)
  • Excellent career development opportunties.

The Client:

  • Since 2016, our client is a leading provider of high‑quality, therapeutic residential care across the UK, creating safe, stable and nurturing environments for children and young people with complex needs. Known for trauma‑informed practice, strong safeguarding standards and a commitment to personalised, child‑centred support, they deliver care that genuinely transforms lives.
  • With highly trained teams, structured care models and a focus on emotional wellbeing, our client works closely with social workers and local authorities to achieve positive, lasting outcomes.
  • This is an opportunity to join an organisation where your leadership directly contributes to giving children the safety, consistency and trust they deserve.

The Job:

With a full Job Spec available on request the Registered Manager will be responsible for delivering high-quality care, ensuring regulatory compliance, and creating a safe, nurturing, trauma‑informed environment where young people can thrive. You will:

  • Lead, motivate, and develop the staff team.
  • Oversee daily operations and ensure high standards of care.
  • Take overall responsibility for safeguarding and regulatory compliance.
  • Manage care planning, risk assessments, and behaviour support.
  • Build strong relationships with professionals, families, and stakeholders.
  • Drive continuous improvement and maintain excellent inspection outcomes.

The Person:

  • 2 years’ minimum experience working with traumatised children and young people who display challenging and pain-based behaviours.
  • Social Work qualification (Degree or Diploma) for Northern Ireland roles
  • NISCC registered.
  • 2 years’ minimum experience managing staff, including coaching, supervision, and leading team meetings.
  • Full UK or Irish driving license held for more than 1 year, and no more than 3 penalty points.
  • Ability to obtain Enhanced Access NI.
  • Willingness to register with, or current registration with, the Northern Ireland Social Care Council where applicable.

For more information, contact Wes McCullough. To forward your up-to-date CV, click on the APPLY link.

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Registered Manager – Children’s Residential

Excel Recruitment is delighted to be recruiting for a Registered Manager in Carryduff on a permanent full-time basis.

This role offers working hours of Monday – Friday 9am to 5pm with an expectation to perform “on-call” duties as they arise outside of these hours.

Salary for the role is offered at £51,332 per year along with additional incentives for covering the “on-call” duties.

The Client:

Since 2016, our client provides specialist residential care to some of the most vulnerable and traumatised children and young people. They provide highly individualised care within nurturing and stable domestic environments.

The Job:

With a full Job Spec available on request the Registered Manager will be responsible for delivering high-quality care, ensuring regulatory compliance, and creating a safe, nurturing, trauma‑informed environment where young people can thrive. You will:

  • Lead, motivate, and develop the staff team.
  • Oversee daily operations and ensure high standards of care.
  • Take overall responsibility for safeguarding and regulatory compliance.
  • Manage care planning, risk assessments, and behaviour support.
  • Build strong relationships with professionals, families, and stakeholders.
  • Drive continuous improvement and maintain excellent inspection outcomes.

The Person:

  • 2 years’ minimum experience working with traumatised children and young people who display challenging and pain-based behaviours.
  • Social Work qualification (Degree or Diploma) for Northern Ireland roles
  • NISCC registered.
  • 2 years’ minimum experience managing staff, including coaching, supervision, and leading team meetings.
  • Full UK or Irish driving license held for more than 1 year, and no more than 3 penalty points.
  • Ability to obtain Enhanced Access NI.
  • Willingness to register with, or current registration with, the Northern Ireland Social Care Council where applicable.

For more information, contact Wes McCullough. To forward your up-to-date CV, click on the APPLY link.

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Team Leader Social Worker (child disability)

Job Title: Social Worker Team Leader

Location: Blanchardstown, Dublin.
Contract Type: Permanent, Full time 35 hours per week, pensionable role
Salary & Benefits: HSE salary scales + pension + excellent benefits

Excel Healthcare are recruiting a permanent Social Worker Team Leader to join a highly experienced Children’s Disability Network Team (CDNT) based in Blanchardstown.

This is a very well-supported team, with a Principal Social Worker on the CDNT to provide professional leadership, consultation and supervision, alongside the support of a long-established multidisciplinary team.

This is a permanent, pensionable role with strong supports including regular supervision, protected CPD and clear opportunities for career development. As Team Leader, you will combine high-quality frontline practice with team leadership, contributing to service development, quality improvement and a consistent, family-centred approach across the CDNT.

Job Purpose

As Social Worker Team Leader, you will provide high-quality social work assessment and intervention to children and young people (0-18 years) with disabilities and their families. You will manage a complex caseload, undertake comprehensive psychosocial assessments, develop and review support plans, and ensure practice is strengths-based, rights-based and family-centred.

You will work closely with the CDNT’s multidisciplinary team (e.g. Speech & Language Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Psychology and others as available) to deliver coordinated supports and safe, integrated care. You will provide day-to-day guidance to social work staff (and/or students, as required), support consistent recording and governance standards, and contribute to clinical decision-making-backed by the Principal Social Worker for professional supervision, consultation and practice development.

This role offers an excellent opportunity to lead within a supportive service, strengthen social work practice within a CDNT, and contribute to improving outcomes for children and families.

Role summary:

  • Provide social work assessment and intervention to children and families, including complex safeguarding, welfare and psychosocial needs.
  • Provide leadership and support to the social work function on the CDNT, including guidance on best practice, prioritisation, and consistent, high-quality recording.
  • Work under the direction of the Children’s Disability Network Manager (CDNM) and in partnership with the Principal Social Worker, contributing to service planning, governance and quality improvement.
  • Act as a key member of the interdisciplinary team to deliver an integrated, coordinated, family-centred service and strong communication across disciplines.
  • Support and empower parents/carers through information, advocacy and signposting, and contribute to group work/parent programmes as appropriate.
  • Prepare high-quality reports and documentation; liaise with Tusla (where relevant), schools and community agencies; and coordinate onward referrals in line with agreed pathways.
  • Represent the service at relevant meetings, case conferences and governance forums, supporting safe decision-making and collaborative risk management.

You will work with:

  • Children and young people with disabilities and their families
  • Children’s Disability Network Team (CDNT) multidisciplinary colleagues
  • Children’s Disability Network Manager and the Principal Social Worker
  • Staff across educational settings (preschools, primary/secondary and special schools)
  • Relevant statutory and community agencies supporting children and families (e.g. Education, Health, Social, Community and Voluntary Services)

Essential Requirements

  • Professional qualification in Social Work recognised for CORU registration
  • CORU registration as a Social Worker
  • Significant post-qualification experience in children’s services, disability, family support, safeguarding and/or complex needs (team-leading experience desirable)
  • Demonstrated ability to work in a strengths-based, trauma-informed and rights-based way with children and families, including experience with safeguarding/welfare concerns and interagency working
  • Experience completing comprehensive assessments and producing clear, high-quality reports and care/support plans
  • Evidence of leadership in practice, including supporting colleagues and/or students, contributing to service development and promoting quality and governance standards
  • Excellent communication and teamwork skills

Benefits

  • Competitive HSE salary scales and annual leave entitlement and Pension in line with the HSE
  • Employee Assistance Programme
  • Pension Scheme and Illness Benefit
  • Flexible working hours
  • Maternity/Paternity Leave
  • Free onsite parking

How to Apply:

If you are an experienced Social Worker ready for a rewarding leadership opportunity within a supportive CDNT, apply today! Contact Charlene Cooke by email at or by phone at +353 89 9455139

Social Worker (Adult disabilities)

Position: Social Worker – Adult Sensory & Physical Disability Services
Location: Drogheda
Contract: Full-Time Agency Contract
Start Date: Immediate
Salary: HSE Pay Scale (commensurate with experience)

Are you a CORU-registered Social Worker with a passion for supporting adults with sensory and physical disabilities to live independently and safely within the community?

Excel Recruitment are currently recruiting a Social Worker to join the Adult Sensory and Physical Disability Team, within a HSE service in Louth. This is an excellent opportunity to work within a supportive multidisciplinary team, playing a key role in facilitating safe and timely hospital discharges while supporting individuals to transition back into their homes and communities.

This role offers the opportunity to work directly with adults who have complex physical or sensory needs, ensuring they have access to the supports, services, and resources required to maintain independence, dignity, and quality of life.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Conduct comprehensive psychosocial assessments for adults with sensory and physical disabilities.
  • Support and facilitate hospital discharge planning, ensuring appropriate community supports are in place.
  • Work collaboratively with acute hospitals, community teams, and allied health professionals to ensure seamless care transitions.
  • Advocate on behalf of service users to access housing, community services, financial supports, and disability services.
  • Provide emotional support, guidance, and practical assistance to service users and their families.
  • Contribute to person-centred care planning and ongoing case management.
  • Work closely with the multidisciplinary team including Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Nurses, and other healthcare professionals.
  • Maintain accurate clinical records and reports in line with HSE policies and professional standards.
  • Support service users to exercise their rights, autonomy, and decision making capacity.

Essential Requirements:

  • CORU Registration as a Social Worker (essential).
  • Experience working with adults with physical disabilities, sensory disabilities, or complex health needs.
  • Experience supporting hospital discharge planning or transition to community services.
  • Strong knowledge of community resources, disability supports, and multidisciplinary team working.
  • Excellent communication, advocacy, and assessment skills.
  • Knowledge or experience of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015.
  • Experience working in disability services, community teams, or acute hospital settings.

Apply Today:

For more information about this opportunity, please reach out confidentially to Charlene Cooke by email or contact Charlene by telephone 089-9455139.

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Registered Manager – Downpatrick

Excel Recruitment is currently recruiting for a Registered Manager on a permanent full-time basis, based in the Downpatrick area.

Our client is a growing not-for-profit and established organisation that has helped over 1,000 young people who suffer from mental health illnesses, complex needs, and challenging behaviours, over the last 15 years.

This client is growing in Northern Ireland, so this is an excellent opportunity to join our client as they grow their services and continue to provide life-changing support. You’ll have the opportunity to manage a settled and established team based in a four-bedroom residential home.

Responsibilities:

  • With a full copy of the Job Duties and Person Spec available on request, working closely with the Area Manager, you’ll have full responsibility for all aspects of management of the home, ensuring the highest standards possible in line with all requirements and regulations.
  • You’ll also work alongside multi-disciplinary stakeholders, ensuring effective communication, while demonstrating a commitment to our client’s values and the ethos of the organisation.

Requirements:

  • Degree in Social Work and NISCC Registration Part 1
  • 2 years minimum of residential experience; working with complex needs and challenging behaviours in a residential setting.
  • 2 years minimum experience in managing Residential Children’s homes or similar
  • Full clean driving licence for one year or more

Benefits:

  • £42,000 – £43,000 per year
  • Flexible, and where possible, remote working options
  • Staff benefit package
  • Bonus enhancements post-probation and further ahead
  • Strong induction and continued personal development

For more information on this excellent opportunity please submit your CV to Wes via the link below or contact Wes on 02891 422 191.

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