Team Manager Continuing Health Care
Newcastle City Council
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom£50,269 - £54,495 per annum (pay award pending)Closes: 14 May
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced manager to lead and oversee Continuing Health Care activity on behalf of Newcastle City Council.
This is a key system leadership role, ensuring the Council meets its statutory responsibilities under the Care Act and the National Framework for NHS Continuing Healthcare, while protecting residents’ rights and the Council’s financial position.
You will provide operational leadership, oversight and assurance across all aspects of CHC work, including eligibility decisions, fast-track processes, joint funding arrangements, and dispute resolution with the NHS.
As Team Manager – CHC, you will:
This is a rare opportunity to lead a specialist, high-profile function at the heart of health and social care integration. You will be trusted to shape practice, influence system partners and safeguard outcomes for residents and the city.
We offer flexible working, strong professional support and the chance to make a visible system-wide impact.
We are committed to protecting and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect all staff to share this commitment. This post is working in regulated activity. If you are successful we will undertake additional recruitment checks which will include a check to see if you have had any criminal convictions, a check of police information and we will check the barred list(s). It is a criminal offence for a barred individual to apply for a job in regulated activity.
How to apply
Apply online at www.northeastjobs.org.uk, select 'Apply Now' and complete our online application form. Before completing the form please ensure you read the supporting documents.
Any communication sent to you regarding your application will be sent to the email address you have set up on your Northeast Jobs account, so you will need to ensure that you check your inbox.
If you would like an informal chat please contact Claire Alder on 0191 2116457 or 07500126758.
This is a key system leadership role, ensuring the Council meets its statutory responsibilities under the Care Act and the National Framework for NHS Continuing Healthcare, while protecting residents’ rights and the Council’s financial position.
You will provide operational leadership, oversight and assurance across all aspects of CHC work, including eligibility decisions, fast-track processes, joint funding arrangements, and dispute resolution with the NHS.
As Team Manager – CHC, you will:
- Provide day-to-day leadership and oversight of CHC work delivered by social workers.
- Track and manage the CHC caseload, ensuring work is progressed in a timely, robust and legally compliant way
- Oversee Stage 2 CHC disputes, coordinating evidence, contributing to dispute papers and engaging with senior NHS colleagues
- Act as a senior operational contact point with Newcastle Integrated Care Board (ICB) for CHC matters
- Ensure strong quality assurance of Decision Support Tools (DSTs), fast-track documentation and reviews
- Monitor financial risk and savings associated with CHC decisions, working closely with finance and commissioning colleagues
- Support and advise social care managers and practitioners on joint packages of care and CHC eligibility matters
- Embed strong, defensible practice aligned to the Care Act, Mental Capacity Act, and the National CHC Framework
- Contribute to service development, data reporting, and continuous improvement of CHC pathways
- An experienced manager with a strong understanding of NHS Continuing Healthcare, complex funding responsibilities and multi-agency working
- Confident operating in a contested and complex environment, able to challenge constructively and negotiate effectively with health partners
- Experienced in supervising staff, managing risk and providing professional leadership
- Highly organised, analytical and able to track and progress complex workstreams
- Committed to person-centred, strengths-based practice and to protecting people’s rights and entitlements. You will bring credibility, resilience and clarity to a high-impact area of work that makes a real difference to people’s lives and to the sustainability of Adult Social Care.
- A relevant professional social work qualification with current professional registration
- Significant experience of CHC, complex statutory decision-making or equivalent health and social care funding frameworks
- Experience of managing staff and overseeing complex operational work
- Strong knowledge of relevant legislation, policy and guidance
- Ability to work collaboratively across organisational boundaries
This is a rare opportunity to lead a specialist, high-profile function at the heart of health and social care integration. You will be trusted to shape practice, influence system partners and safeguard outcomes for residents and the city.
We offer flexible working, strong professional support and the chance to make a visible system-wide impact.
We are committed to protecting and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect all staff to share this commitment. This post is working in regulated activity. If you are successful we will undertake additional recruitment checks which will include a check to see if you have had any criminal convictions, a check of police information and we will check the barred list(s). It is a criminal offence for a barred individual to apply for a job in regulated activity.
How to apply
Apply online at www.northeastjobs.org.uk, select 'Apply Now' and complete our online application form. Before completing the form please ensure you read the supporting documents.
Any communication sent to you regarding your application will be sent to the email address you have set up on your Northeast Jobs account, so you will need to ensure that you check your inbox.
If you would like an informal chat please contact Claire Alder on 0191 2116457 or 07500126758.