Senior Social Worker – Adults Disabilities Service – Galway

Social Worker, Senior required for a permanent position with our client, an organization providing a wide range of services to adults and children with intellectual disability and autism across Galway City and Count including day, residential, short breaks, respite, community supports, rehabilitative training and multi-disciplinary supports.

The role will involve working with adults from 18 – 65+ years requiring low to high support and/or complex needs.

As a Senior Social Worker, you will be responsible for:

Providing assessment, interventions and proactively providing personal and educational input into person centred program planning.
Empowering service users to advocate for themselves where appropriate
Support the Head of Social Work by taking on additional delegated responsibilities where appropriate, ensuring continuity of service and departmental leadership.
Supervise and support other social workers, students, and staff as required, ensuring adherence to professional standards and best practice.
Lead and contribute to safeguarding processes, including chairing or supporting case discussions, completing assessments, and liaising with Designated Officers and statutory bodies.
Undertake project work, service development initiatives, or represent the department at internal and external meetings as delegated by the Head of Social Work.

This role will be a mix of working across residential and day centres and will also involve some outreach to adults living at home.

Interested candidates will have the following:

A recognised professional qualification in Social Work and CORU registration
Minimum of 5 years post-qualification experience, ideally within disability, safeguarding, or related social work settings.
Demonstrated ability to manage complex casework and make evidence-based professional decisions.
Proven experience of supervising, mentoring, or supporting colleagues within a professional setting.
Strong organisational skills with the ability to prioritise competing demands, take initiative, and reliably follow through on delegated tasks.
Flexibility and resilience to take on additional responsibilities as directed, including deputising for the Head of Social Work when required, in line with professional competence and organisational needs.
Excellent communication, interpersonal, and report-writing skills, with the ability to represent the Social Work Department at internal and external forums.
Full current driving licence with access to own vehicle

For further information and a full job description, please email your c.v. to [email protected] or call Brian in confidence on 01 482 5352 / 087 222 6752