Case Manager - Brain Injury - Buckinghamshire

Independent Living Solutions Ltd.; Milton Keynes; Remote; GBP 30,000 - 50,000

Job description

Location:

Milton Keynes

Specialism:

Case Manager

About The Role

Are you a Physiotherapist, Occupational Therapist, Social Worker, or Registered Nurse looking to take your career in a new direction? We are growing our team in the Buckinghamshire area and would like to hear from you!

About the role:

You will join our valued team of Case Managers to support young people and adults following life-changing injuries. As a Case Manager, your focus is the client’s best interests first and foremost, coordinating care and rehabilitation tailored to their specific needs.

A Case Manager's aim is always to enable the client to regain and maintain the best quality of life by working closely with them, their family, and care team to support every aspect of their physical, cognitive, and emotional wellbeing.

The role is home-based, managing a client caseload with visits to your clients' homes within your geographical area. All ILS Case Managers are employed with the option for part-time salaried or flexible hourly employment, from 21 hours per week to 30 hours per week.

What is flexible hourly employment? You are paid for the work you do for our clients, including travel time and mentorship time. You need 3 days availability (about 21 hours) during Monday-Friday to carry out the work. It's a great choice to balance with other commitments.

You will ideally be a driver with a car as travel is up to 2 hours from your home to clients. Travel and mileage are paid.

Why choose ILS?

At ILS, we pride ourselves on being a great place to work where our employees can thrive in a supportive, inclusive culture putting into practice their valuable expertise whilst gaining new skills and experiences. We ensure our Case Managers have:

• a manageable case load with a focus on person-centred work, putting the client at the heart of what we do.
• the opportunity to work holistically with clients to achieve their best outcomes.
• a dedicated Clinical Lead who is experienced in case management and access to a knowledgeable Head Office team.

ILS offers employed contracts based from home with travel to clients in your geographical area, a competitive salary, and a range of benefits that are designed to enhance your career and wellbeing:

• 33 days paid annual leave (including bank holidays), increasing with length of service
• Enhanced sickness pay
• Health plan including 24/7 virtual GP
• Employee Assistance Programme with 24/7 support
• Online well-being resources including yoga and meditation
• Pension plan
• Life assurance
• Enhanced carers leave pay
• 100s of savings on top retailers and gym memberships through our discount scheme
• Paid annual CPD allowance

Learning and Development at ILS

We will support you by providing dedicated mentorship, learning, and development opportunities that will enhance your day-to-day working life and help you build on your skills and knowledge. We provide you with funded membership to BABICM with full support for progression to advanced membership levels.

Your work as a Case Manager continues to contribute towards maintaining your clinical professional registration requirements. You will undertake a comprehensive induction at the start of your journey with ILS and have regular, ongoing mentorship, training, and professional development opportunities including paid CPD time, online and face-to-face networking opportunities through professional and social events within an inclusive and collaborative culture.

About You

The Skills You'll be Sharing With The Team

You will be an experienced health and social care professional who has extensive expertise in working with young people and adults with catastrophic injuries, including traumatic brain injury, poly-trauma, spinal cord injury, limb loss, and cerebral palsy.

You will have experience of working directly with clients in the community and be able to demonstrate your professional abilities within the field of complex, long-term health care assessment, care planning, and achieving positive outcomes for clients.

You are able to work autonomously and in a proactive, solution-focused way using sound clinical reasoning in your actions.

You must have current HCPC/NMC/Social Work England registration and an up-to-date CPD portfolio.

You will share our company values and work at all times in line with them:

CLIENT CENTRED - We put our client’s aspirations at the centre of everything we do
INTEGRITY - We can be trusted to work in a professional, honest, and transparent way
POSITIVE - We find solutions and empower others
SUPPORTIVE - It matters to us that our clients and staff know that we care
QUALITY FOCUSED - We set high standards and aim to exceed them

You will demonstrate the following behaviours:

• Maintains a solid understanding of client's needs and expectations
• Commitment and passion for meeting client/customer needs
• Respects and accepts people's individuality
• Takes responsibility for own actions
• Resilient, focusing on solutions when faced with a challenge
• Empowers others and has a 'can do attitude'
• Friendly and approachable
• Develops productive and professional relationships
• Actively creates an inclusive environment respecting diversity
• Maintains professionalism and strives to improve quality of service

We follow the BABICM Standards & Competencies Framework. The competencies further the development and understanding of the role of brain injury case management and provide key behaviours, attitudes, and actions that are expected and valued for Case Managers. The seven core competencies are as follows:

1. Communication
2. Strategy
3. Coordination and management
4. Monitoring
5. Duty of Care
6. Professionalism
7. Personal attributes

Safeguarding

ILS is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our Clients within the activities we undertake, and ILS expects all our employees to share this commitment. The suitability of all prospective employees will be assessed during the recruitment process in line with this commitment. This position will require:

• Proof of eligibility to work in the UK;
• An enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Certificate. A conviction will not necessarily prevent you from being employed.

About Us

ILS are Case Management specialists in catastrophic injury for children, young people, and adults.

We are a quality-focused company registered with the CQC.

When a person’s life has been changed by injury, we address the practicalities. We work with children, young people, and adults who have had moderate or catastrophic, complex injuries. We assess individual needs and are able to provide a comprehensive case management service designed to maximise independence.

We have a brilliant team of people – they're what make ILS a fantastic place to work. As an inclusive employer, we want to invite a diverse range of candidates to apply for our roles. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, marriage and civil partnerships, and religion and belief. We're happy to help with any adjustments to our recruitment process and beyond. Reach out to us at [e-mail].