Senior Case Manager - Learning Disabilities WCC619637

Job Details:

Salary range: £41,580 - £55,710 per annum 
Work location: 215 Lisson Grove, London, NW8 8LW
Hours per week: 36 
Contract type: Temporary up to 12 months 
Vetting requirements: Enhanced DBS Check  
Closing date: 24 January 2025
Interview date: 29 or 30 January 2025
Contact details for Informal discussion: Lorena Garcia, Interim Service Manager, via email: LGARCIA@WESTMINSTER.GOV.UK 

About Us:

THE EXTRAORDINARY STORY OF GIRO’S PERSUASIVE POWERS

The Learning Disabilities Team in Westminster City Council is a world of extraordinary stories. We love it when our work touches lives. 

Take Stepping to the Beat, the Council’s 3k walk, jog or run for people with learning or physical disabilities or Autism, their families and carers. It’s a life-affirming, music-based event Coreen and Claudia are massively proud of - and they were keen for people to spread the word. So, imagine how thrilled they were when one of our residents, Giro, did just that. Advocating for people with disabilities at a planning meeting for transport in London, he was proudly wearing his event medal. And he decided to use it to encourage others. As he passed it around the room, Giro inspired lots more people with disabilities to get involved. Infectious enthusiasm goes a long way here.

The Role:

As Senior Case Manager, you can make your own powerful contribution to Westminster’s success, while also engaging in work that is fulfilling and filled with learning opportunities and career development. Joining the Learning Disabilities team, you will be responsible for assisting the Team Managers in managing the Learning Disabilities Social Care Team. This will include supervising Social Workers and Case Managers, and providing them with directions on different cases. You will possess knowledge and an advance understanding of relevant legislation such as the Care Act and the Mental Act and will apply it to service users with a learning disability.  

You will also have a number of additional responsibilities, including participating in the duty management rota for the service, allocating the work within the team, carrying out seasonal conversations, overseeing supervisees and their cases ensuring appropriate case recording and assisting Team Managers with recruitment and induction, keeping in mind the Council’s commitment to valuing diversity.

Deputising for and assisting the Team Managers with all personnel issues including health and safety, disciplinary, sickness monitoring and performance will also be your responsibility. Other areas where your assistance will be required are resolutions with complaints and site management, when necessary.

You will also need to develop, review and evaluate the support plan, carry out assessments, secure the resources required to meet the service user’s needs and implement strategies to promote user involvement. Assisting students from professional courses on placement within the Westminster Adult Social Care Learning Disability Team and representing the Westminster Adult Social Care Learning Disability Team at a local level are also part of your role.

Please refer to the Job Description for more information. 

About You:

If you are someone who wants to make a real difference in the lives of real people with learning disabilities, this role is for you. You will have a Social Work Qualification (CQSW/Diploma in Social Work) coupled with experience working in a case management role in a local authority setting, where you were exposed to adults who have learning disabilities. Experience of staff or student supervision in a similar setting or a health care management setting is also preferred. 

An ability to make effective decisions under pressure, to assess the needs of adults with learning disabilities in order to provide them with guidance and support and to communicate clearly orally and verbally are all skills that you will need to be successful in this role. You will also have knowledge and a proven track record of working in a Duty Team and of relevant legislation and government guidance. Knowing how to apply this to management and delivery of adult social care services is also important. 

Along with adequate supervisory experience, you will be skilled in maintaining accurate service user records and be fully conversant with the Department’s IT systems and data policies. Having excellent time management skills to organise workload, effective leadership skills to chair network meetings as well as managing group dynamics is also key to this role. You will also need to have the ability to recognise and value different aspirations and diversity within the teams while meeting the requirements of Westminster Equal Opportunities and Diversity Policies and Disability Discrimination Act.

What We Offer:

Westminster is an amazing place. We are home to more than 200,000 residents from all backgrounds, over 50,000 vibrant and vital businesses and three-quarters-of-a-million people work in Westminster. Westminster City Council’s strategy is to work towards a Fairer Westminster. A Fairer Westminster is one in which our communities are at the heart of our decision-making and help to determine the city’s future. By working directly with our communities and other partners, we can build a more inclusive city that celebrates our diverse communities, and where residents, workers and visitors from all backgrounds will feel welcome and safe.   
 
At Westminster City Council, we pride ourselves on being an inclusive workplace and employer of choice. We encourage and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that, at all levels, represents the communities we serve. We champion equality, diversity, inclusion and wellbeing and aim to create a workplace where everyone feels valued, has a sense of belonging and is empowered to be their best, that is the Westminster Way. To find out more about how we do this visit  https://www.westminster.gov.uk/health-and-social-care/public-health-strategy-policies-and-reports/equality-duties  
 
As a forward-thinking Council we appreciate that people work in different ways, therefore our staff benefit from working a range of flexible working patterns as well as Agile working.  
 
The Council is a Disability Confident Employer. If you have declared a disability in your application, we guarantee an interview if you meet the essential criteria of the job. If you are invited for interview, you will be asked if you need any reasonable adjustments in order to attend, and we will make these wherever possible.