Job Description

Caseworker

Salary: £31,587 - £37,161 pa

Location: Birmingham / Hybrid (working two days per week in our Birmingham Office)

Contract: Fixed-term contract – Maternity cover for up to 12 months

Hours: Full-time

If you can evidence proven customer service skills and are looking for a career in which you make a difference every day, a role as a Caseworker within our Rule 4 disclosure team in Fitness to Practise, offers a rewarding career with significant development opportunities. You will be the first point of contact for those raising concerns about dental professionals.

Caseworkers play an essential role in supporting our remit to protect the public by regulating dental professionals in the UK. You will work within a supportive and collaborative environment, progressing cases in a timely fashion, whilst delivering excellent customer service.

Person Specification:

Successful candidates will have proven experience of:

- Ensuring a high standard of quality is maintained with written correspondence and documents.

- Prioritising work independently, managing own workload and using initiative and problem-solving skills to manage competing demands, to ensure high-quality investigations.

- Working flexibly in a team, assisting others and encouraging team morale.

About Us:

Our purpose is to protect the public by regulating dental professionals in the UK. All dentists, dental nurses, dental technicians, clinical dental technicians, dental hygienists, dental therapists and orthodontic therapists must be registered with us to work in the UK. The support and experience of our dedicated and highly focused teams is invaluable.

Our people matter, we are committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion by recruiting and strengthening our teams with team members from different backgrounds, life experiences and viewpoints.

Equality and diversity are not just words; they are what make our teams strong and able to deliver. We want to be champions of diversity and to have a sense of belonging in the workplace, where everybody has the chance to contribute and to share what is important to them.

Benefits:

The GDC is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace that provides an environment that reflects our values and culture and allows employees to flourish.

To support this, we offer a range of family-friendly, inclusive employment policies, including flexible working arrangements from day one and employee networks that aid growth and development.

Some of our benefits include:

- 27 days' holiday (plus statutory) - rising to 30 days after 2 years’ service

- Flexitime scheme

- Employer pension contributions up to 10%

- Buy/Sell annual leave

- Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoption leave from 1 year’s service.

- Life assurance, income protection plan and enhanced sick leave policy

- Staff discounts, including eye care contributions and discounted gym membership.

We encourage and support the recruitment, retention, and career development of people from as wide a range as possible of ethnic, cultural and social backgrounds. 

How To Apply:

As part of your supporting statement, please demonstrate how you meet the criteria within the personal specification listed above. A full person specification is within the Job Description available when you select the apply button.

For further details about the role and to apply, please click the apply button.

Closing date: 23:59 on Sunday 12 July 2026.

Please note that we reserve the right to bring this recruitment campaign to an end without notice, and we encourage all interested candidates to apply as soon as possible.

If you have applied for this role in the last six months, please do not submit a new application at this time