Senior Social Worker, Children's Disability Network Team

Senior Grade Social Worker

CDNT 8, Central Cork

1 Permanent position

Horizons is seeking to recruit a Senior Social Worker to work as part of local Children's Disability Network Teams to provide quality, evidence-based, and family-centred social work services to children and young people with complex needs within an interdisciplinary framework.

The role will involve the provision of a range of individual, targeted and universal interventions to children with complex needs and their families. Interventions including Non-violent resistance, Parents Plus Special Needs, Sibshops and autism post-diagnostic interventions are offered by the CDNT.

The Senior Social worker will carry a case load of individual cases as well as having allocations to interdisciplinary team interventions with colleagues from other disciplines, including psychology, speech and language therapy and occupational therapy. This senior role will involve supporting families with a greater complexity of individual/family need, the supervision of staff grade social workers & students and leading in key areas of service development. The successful candidate will report to the CDNM and be clinically supervised by the Principal Social Worker.

Essential Requirements

• NQSW and BSW or MSW in social work or equivalent
• CORU Registered
• 3 years minimum post qualifying experience
• Full Driver's License and access to a car

Desirable

• Experience of working with families & children
• Experience of working in disability and/or child safeguarding
• Experience working in an interdisciplinary way

What we offer:

• Salary in line with the HSE consolidated pay scales
• Supervision appropriate to experience levels
• Opportunities for professional development and career growth
• CPD is actively encouraged and regular training and supervision provided
• A flexible and supportive work environment
• Research opportunities will be supported when in line with Horizons vision, mission and goals
• Membership of the Single Public Service Pension Scheme
• Onsite parking
• An opportunity to make a real difference in people's lives

Informal enquiries can be made to Catherine O’Leary, Children’s Disability Network Manager, Central Cork, on 086 0676088 and Mary Lynch Principal Social Worker, Horizons Tel 0862460725

Completed application forms must be returned no later than Friday 25th July 2025.

Interviews will be held on Tuesday the 5th of August 2025.

Applicants may be short listed on the basis of their application.

A panel may be formed for a 12-month period to fill future permanent or temporary, full time or part time senior grade Social Worker positions that may arise across all CDNTs managed by Horizons as Lead Agency. The Department of Health & Children Consolidated Scales apply.

Visit our website at www.horizonscork.ie