Job Details:
Salary range: GBP 37,437 : GBP 52,674 per annum. Salary is negotiable depending on experience.
Work location: 4 Frampton Street, London, NW8 8LF
Hours per week: 36
Contract type: Permanent
Vetting requirements: Enhanced DBS Check
Closing date: 26 August2025
About Us:
THE EXTRAORDINARY STORY OF INDEPENDENT LIVES
Adult Social Care in Westminster City Council is a world of extraordinary stories, where our passionate, caring and committed professionals do brilliant work every day.
Mrs D was frail and unwell. Her son was her main carer, but he wasn't coping. We stepped in to help, but they were hostile to outside agencies. They'd always lived together and were terrified they'd be split up. Our social worker did a great job persuading Mrs D to get hospital treatment and a temporary stay in a care home. In an epic effort throughout COVID, she gained the son's trust and sorted all the repairs, carers and nurses needed so that Mrs D could come home to live with her son. We also got Mr D regular respite and a personal budget awarded in recognition of him as her carer. After all, there's nothing more important than living the life you want.
The Role:
As Senior Care Manager with Adult Social Care and Health you can make your own powerful contribution to Westminster's success. Responsible for the delivery of a high quality assessment and care management service to older and disabled people and their carers, it will be your task to assess the quality of decisions and ensure the consistent quality and correct targeting of services to the people we care for. You'll also be responsible for authorising care packages and screening service users for residential or nursing home placements.
Recruiting, selecting and inducting new members of staff, you'll manage all personnel issues, contribute to performance monitoring, and implement policy to ensure that group record data is kept correctly. We'll also expect you to operate our client database and ensure that information stored on it is recorded accurately, and ensure the smooth running of the service we provide by operating other council data bases and electronic systems.
You'll have a range of additional responsibilities : these include working jointly with health and other key agencies as you ensure the implementation of care programmes, risk assessments, person centred planning, health action plans and compliance with clinical governance, and making sure that all individuals' support needs are met through the use of personal budgets and the promotion of self directed support. You'll also take responsibility for the reporting and resolution of complaints, contribute to the implementation of recommendations from Governmental reviews and inspections, and ensure that the Department is operating within best value principles.
Please refer to the Job Descriptionfor more information.
About You:
With an Occupational Therapy, Social Work, Community Psychiatric Nursing or General Nursing qualification, you should have well developed post:qualifying experience in a Local Authority setting, and the skills to supervise students and other members of staff. It's important that you have good knowledge of relevant legislation, an understanding of the principles of personalisation and self directed support, and the ability to make assessments and effective decisions under pressure.
Capable of using your excellent interpersonal skills as you work as a key member of a multi:disciplinary team, you'll be an effective chair of meetings and possess the ability to manage group dynamics and assist in staff development. Ready to promote partnership working with staff and other key agencies, you'll be skilled at organising your own workload, prioritising conflicting demands, and using initiative to contribute to policy making and service delivery.
Its important that you meet the requirements of Westminster's Equal Opportunities and Diver