Senior Nurse Care Manager

Job title: Senior Nurse Care Manager (RNLD)/Senior Social Worker

Salary: £41,511 - £44,711

Hours: 37

Contract: Permanent

Location: Leeds

As a Senior Nurse Care Manager/Senior Social Worker, you'll thrive on enabling adults with learning disabilities to realise their potential and have a voice in decisions about their care and support.

It's not only about managing a complex caseload; our Nurse Care Managers/Senior Social Workers change lives using a person-centred approach that values the uniqueness and strengths of individuals and involves their carers, family and wider community.

It's an exciting time to join our adult social care team in Leeds. As key partners with the National Development Team for Inclusion we've led on developing the strengths-based approach to social care delivery. We want everyone we work with to feel listened to, empowered, and to receive support that reflects their hopes and what really matters to them.

Our Better Lives Strategy sets out our ambition for improving lives in Leeds. We want people with care and support needs to be able to do the things that matter to them and live in a good home within a caring community. It's about more than social care, it's a council-wide initiative so that services will work together to make a real difference to individuals and their communities.

Leeds City Council is one of the largest employers in the region with over 14,000 employees. We seek to recruit and develop talented individuals who embody our council values and ambitions .

About you

You will be qualified as:

• A Registered Learning Disability Nurse and registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council or Senior Social Worker (registered with SW England).
• An Approved Mentor/Practice Assessor
• Practice Educator Level 2 or equivalent, or undertake this on appointment (funded by us)

You will bring to the role:

• a minimum of 2 years' post qualifying experience
• knowledge and understanding of current learning disability practice and the role of a multi-disciplinary team, including statutory and voluntary agencies
• skills in effective assessment, planning, intervention and evaluation of work in supporting people with learning disabilities
• ability to build good working relationships with professional colleagues and partners, chair meetings and represent the council in a multi-agency environment and engage positively with individuals, families and carers
• experience of using a person-centred approach, creativity in problem solving and reflective practice techniques
• ability to lead, motivate, mentor and supervise staff, with a commitment to continuing professional development of self and others

About the role

As a Senior Nurse Care Manager/Senior Social Worker, you will be central to a network of partners working across health and social care in Leeds who are committed to increasing integration for better services supporting people with learning disabilities.

You will manage a complex and diverse caseload to safeguard the welfare of individuals, families and carers. You will assess needs and manage risk, devise and implement support plans, commission services and evaluate outcomes, working with colleagues and partners to provide direct support to individuals and their carers.

You won't be doing this alone, you will be supported and guided by team managers, and in your turn play a key role in mentoring and advising other team members. We strive to achieve the right balance between support and challenge in all roles, to promote staff wellbeing as well as a clear career development pathway.

We value connection and professional relationships so we continually learn from each other and from the people and families we are working alongside. These strong support networks and learning opportunities enable our colleagues to deliver the best possible outcomes for the adults they work with.

What we offer you

We take pride in offering the best employee experience, with benefits including:

• a competitive salary and annual leave entitlement plus statutory holidays
• membership of the West Yorkshire Pension Fund with generous employer contributions
• flexible and hybrid working arrangements subject to service requirements

• a clear career pathway and continuing professional development opportunities
• a range of staff benefits to help you boost your wellbeing and make your money go further

Please note we are also recruiting for Nurse Care Managers/Social Workers (including newly qualified). Salary: £33,366 - £39,513 Please search our job site for these roles (REQ 000555).

How to apply

Please complete the online application form.

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If you have any queries or would like an informal chat about the role please contact:

Lynn Dunion, Team Manager on 0113 3786929 or lynn.dunion@leeds.gov.uk

A Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check will be carried out on preferred candidates. Read our recruitment of ex-offenders policy .

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults.

We promote diversity and want a workforce that reflects the population of Leeds. Leeds City Council is ranked 70 on the Stonewall Equality Index 2024. We are also an Age friendly employer, a Mindful employer and a Disability Confident leader .

All new Leeds City Council appointments are made subject to the satisfactory completion of a six-month probationary period. This role is based in the UK. Employment is conditional on confirmation of the right to work in the UK - either as a UK or Irish citizen, under the EU Settlement scheme or having secured any other relevant work visa. If you do not have the right to work in the UK and the role does not meet eligibility for sponsorship, please consider carefully whether you meet the eligibility to apply.

Job Description

Job Purpose With support from Team Manager, provide a high quality and comprehensive service to learning disabled adults, their carers and community in accordance with organisational needs, policy, practices and within statutory guidelines. At all times carry out responsibilities within the Nursing and Midwifery Code of Conduct or Social Work England.

Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload of higher levels of challenge and complexity, which include assessment and management of risk, undertaking assessment of service users and carer needs using a person-centred approach providing advice, support and guidance on casework to less experienced team members.

• Carry out specific pieces of work on cases that are allocated to other team members.

• Utilise professional skills, to provide direct support to individuals and their carers.

• Undertake assessment, support planning, monitoring, reviewing, commissioning services and contributing to the service development for individuals by utilising a strength base approach.

• Maintain and update case notes/records and provide concise, informative reports based on analysis of complex evidence which can be used within legal context, providing evidence in court in relation to care or other proceedings.

• Maintain highest standards of conduct and integrity within organisation adhering to relevant Codes of Conduct.

• Contribute to the improvement of future services including processes and procedures promoting innovative ways of developing support to service users.

• Safeguard and promote the welfare of individuals, families and their carers, very highly complex cases may be co-worked within the line management ...