SENIOR SOCIAL WORKER (PART TIME)

At Jewish Care, we are proud to support and empower people across the Jewish community to live independently, stay connected, and maintain their wellbeing. Our Social Work and Community Support Service (SWCS) delivers personalised, integrated support to individuals, families, and carers across multiple regions.

About The Role

We are seeking an experienced and motivated Senior Social Worker to join our Social Work and Community Support team.

This is a key leadership role where you will combine expert social work practice with supervision, service development, and partnership working. You will support individuals and carers facing complex challenges such as ageing, mental health needs, disability, dementia, and social isolation—while also guiding and developing colleagues.

You will play a vital role in triaging referrals, assessing risk and urgency, and ensuring timely, high-quality interventions. You’ll also contribute to shaping services, strengthening multi-agency relationships, and ensuring best practice across the team.

This post is working 30 hours per week.

This is a hybrid role, with at least 40% of your time based in one of our community settings.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage a complex caseload of approximately 35 cases (FTE)
• Provide high-quality assessments, care planning, and safeguarding interventions
• Support triage of referrals, assessing urgency, risk, and appropriate responses
• Deliver expert advice on safeguarding, mental capacity, and legislation
• Supervise and support Social Workers, students, and volunteers
• Work with senior leadership to develop and continuously improve services
• Lead and promote multi-disciplinary and multi-agency collaboration
• Build strong networks across statutory, voluntary, and community services
• Support colleagues to identify services that promote independence, choice, and dignity
• Ensure timely and accurate recording of all interventions on the CRM system
• Contribute to practice development and innovation within the team
• Represent Jewish Care in professional forums and community settings
• Maintain an up-to-date CPD portfolio and support others in their development
  
  

We are looking for a confident, reflective, and experienced Social Worker who is ready to take on a leadership role and support high-quality practice across the team.

Essential

• Qualified Social Worker with current registration with Social Work England
• Significant experience working with adults in a social care setting
• Experience of supervising or mentoring Social Workers, students, or volunteers
• Strong knowledge of Safeguarding, the Care Act (2014), and the Mental Capacity Act (2005)
• Experience supporting people with mental health needs, disability, dementia, or complex needs
• Proven ability to manage a complex caseload and make sound, evidence-based decisions
• Excellent communication, leadership, and organisational skills
• Ability to promote professional standards, reflective practice, and continuous improvement
• Confidence working within a multi-disciplinary and multi-agency environment
• Commitment to learning about and engaging with the Jewish community and culture
  
  

• Qualification in Practice Education
• AMHP or BIA qualification
• Experience within the voluntary sector
• Knowledge of the social welfare system and benefits
• Understanding of the Holocaust survivor community and related needs
• Awareness of Claims Conference processes
• UK driving licence and access to a vehicle
  
  

Jewish Care is the largest provider of health and social care services for the Jewish community in the UK. Every week, we touch the lives of 10,000 people. We provide services to a range of people including older people, people with mental health needs and people living with dementia.

Our five values are at the heart of the way we work. They drive how we act as individuals and as an organisation and shape our culture. We value Excellence, Integrity, Innovation, Compassion, and Inclusivity.

Jewish Care operate a rolling recruitment process and reserve the right to close the advert once a suitable candidate has been identified.