Job summary
- Main area
- Administration
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 354-CO-21940
- Employer
- Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Portland House
- Town
- Worthing
- Salary
- £57,528 - £64,750 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 01/07/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Case and LDA Commissioning Manager
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Come and join us
We’re looking for people who share our values of compassion, accountability and optimism to help us provide high quality care for the patients, carers, families and communities we serve. We specialise in NHS mental health and learning disability services and we’re proud to make a difference every day.
At SPFT we put people first. We’ll do everything possible to help you feel respected, valued and included. You’ll have opportunities to learn, grow and gain new experiences to support your career, with access to lifelong learning and professional development.
We actively promote flexible working and understand how important work life balance is, especially in healthcare. Whether it’s part time hours, hybrid working or flexible start and finish times, we’ll explore what works for you and the role.
We recognise that tools like AI are becoming part of everyday life and you may choose to use them when preparing your application. We welcome this, as long as what you submit reflects your own experience, skills and voice. AI can be helpful for structuring or refining your answers, but it should not replace your own examples or create content that isn’t based on your real experience.
Our recruitment process is designed to get to know you, and we’ll explore your examples further at interview, so it’s important your application genuinely represents what you bring. You can read more about using AI in applications and interviews on our recruitment process page.
We’re shaping a workplace where ideas are encouraged, technology supports you and everyone has a voice in how we improve. If that sounds like the kind of organisation you want to be part of, we’d love to hear from you.
Job overview
If you are enthusiastic and passionate about improving the lives of autistic people and people with a learning disability, then role as a Senior Case and LDA Commissioning Manager in our trust could be right for you. We have an opportunity for an innovative, skilled health professional or social worker to join our team who provide a commissioning service to adults and children with a learning disability and/or autism at a time when they need support from mental health services. This can be around preventing hospital admission and discharge planning, including commissioning community-based services to meet individual needs.
Main duties of the job
- Provide case management support to autistic people and people with a learning disability who are at risk of hospital admission, or supporting discharge for these people who are currently receiving inpatient treatment., including identifying or commissioning services to meet individual need.
- Inputting into the referral and review processes for the Dynamic Support Register.
- Undertaking Care (Education) and Treatment Reviews
Working for our organisation
We welcome applications from practitioners who are highly motivated, resilient, enthusiastic, creative, flexible, and resourceful.
You will receive high quality supervision, support and training to further develop your skills and experience to support autistic people and people with a learning disability.
The service operates Monday to Friday, from 9am to 5pm. Although, we understand the importance of work/life balance and would welcome discussions around flexible working arrangements as required.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- To provide case management to people under the LDA Programme.
- Manage own delegated portfolio across the LDA Commissioning team.
- To provide management and leadership to support staff working in the LDA Commissioning Team to deliver on the he LDA Programme.
- To work with people with a learning disability and/ or autism to maximise their independence with the appropriate support and services.
- To plan, promote and commission services.
- To ensure the service delivery both directly and commissioned are in line with national policy and guidance in relation to the Dynamic Support Register (DSR), care, education and treatment reviews (C(E)TRs) and Case Management in a person centred and individualised approach.
Person specification
QUALIFICATIONS
Essential criteria
- Professional Health or Social Care Qualification and current registration
- Post graduate certificate or equivalent experience in leadership/ management/ or area of practice
- Evidence of a commitment to lifelong learning
KNOWLEDGE/EXPERIENCE
Essential criteria
- Significant experience of working with people with a learning disability and/ or autism needs in a paid or voluntary capacity in health/social care/teaching setting
- Detailed knowledge of legal issues pertaining to the specialist service including; Mental Health Act 1983, Children's Act 1989, Mental Capacity Act, Transforming Care, safeguarding and child protection legislation
- Detailed operational knowledge of specialised services, including risk assessment/management
- Knowledge and experience of resources/ systems and processes available to people with learning disabilities and/ or autism to support admission avoidance, discharge planning and community support
- To identify issues relating to Safeguarding and risk, which may be at times be distressing and actively participate in due processes and Mutli-Disciplinary Meetings as required
- Specialist knowledge of:- Dynamic Support Register (DSR), Care, education and treatment reviews (C(E)TR) and Case Management and the relationship across the whole system and national expectations of processes and guidance
- Experience of managing, leading and supervising others
- Experience of working as part of a team
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Alex Morris
- Job title
- Deputy Head LDA Commissioning Team
- Email address
- [email protected]
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