Senior Casework Officer

2 weeks ago


Dorchester, United Kingdom Dorset Council Full time

**About The Role**:
The team works with schools, Multi-Academy Trusts and a variety of internal and external agencies to support families in securing a school place.

The team is also responsible for managing all mainstream school transport entitlement, looking at individual circumstances and entitling school transport accordingly.

The work can be fast-paced with engagement with families and other officers from across the council. The post is based within a dynamic & supportive team delivering this essential statutory service to the families of Dorset.

**What you will be doing**:
As a Senior Caseworker you are also responsible for your own casework load as well as supporting the IYFA panel process and conducting school appeals - which involves presenting cases to an independent panel. You help manage the case loads of the caseworkers as necessary, providing support for complex cases as necessary.

**About you**:
The Senior Caseworkers also know their way around existing computer system and can pick up and learn new systems and software quickly. The Admissions Team is close knit and very supportive but Senior Caseworkers will be able to work independently and on their own initiative when necessary.

They will have a proven track record in managing a small team in fast paced dynamic work place.

**Further Information**:
**About Us**:
We’re passionate about making Dorset a great place to live, work and visit. Working for us should be no exception.

At Dorset Council we:

- provide more than 450 services to over 300,000 residents
- have ambitious aspirations
- are excited about our future
- care about Dorset and all the people who live here
- know that all roles make a difference and that our employees are key to our success You will:

- have access to a range of employee benefits
- be part of an organisation that supports each other to grow and succeed
- have access to range of training opportunities which will help with your personal development and career progression

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. We offer an interview to everyone who declares a disability and meets the essential criteria for the role.

We also look for applicants who share our commitment to our behaviours. We will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.

This role is UK based and we will need to establish your Right to Work as part of the appointment process.

We use generic job descriptions and person specifications. This means the job title on any attachments may differ from the job title in the advert. We may provide specific information in a context statement if relevant.

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