Lead Officer Mental Health and Learning Disabilities

Lead Officer Mental Health and Learning Disabilities

Salary: Grade 12 - £54,495 to £62,559 per year

Location: Church Square House, Scunthorpe

Hours: 37 hours per week

DBS: Yes Enhanced with Barred List Check

*This is a Permanent, Full Time vacancy that will close in a month at 23:59 GMT.*

The Vacancy

We are seeking an experienced and motivated Lead Officer to join our Mental Health and Learning Disabilities team in Scunthorpe.

This is an exciting opportunity to play a pivotal role in supporting the delivery of high-quality services for adults with mental health needs, learning disabilities, and complex care requirements.

As a Lead Officer, you will provide professional leadership, oversight, and operational support to ensure that statutory duties are met and that individuals receive safe, effective, and person-centred support.

You will contribute to service development, promote best practice, and work closely with partners across health, social care, voluntary sector organisations, and local communities.

In this role, you will provide day-to-day professional leadership to practitioners within the Mental Health & Learning Disabilities team, supporting them in managing complex cases, safeguarding concerns, and risk assessment processes. You will ensure that service delivery aligns with statutory frameworks such as the Care Act, Mental Capacity Act, and Mental Health Act, while upholding local safeguarding procedures. You will work collaboratively with health partners, community organisations, and other stakeholders to support integrated pathways of care.

The role also involves contributing to service planning, quality assurance, and improvement initiatives, and playing a key part in ensuring that individuals experience positive outcomes that promote independence, choice, and wellbeing.

As a Lead Officer, you will provide clear advice, professional guidance, and coaching to staff, maintain high standards of practice, and represent the service in multi-agency discussions.

We are looking for someone who is a confident and reflective Social Worker with strong knowledge of adult social care legislation and best practice relating to mental health and learning disabilities. You should have experience working within statutory or health-based services, ideally in a senior, supervisory, or leadership capacity.

The ideal candidate will be skilled in managing complex situations, assessing risk, and supporting effective decision-making, as well as being able to build strong relationships across multi-disciplinary teams. You will need to be organised, resilient, and committed to delivering high-quality, person-centred support, while also being an effective communicator capable of supporting and guiding colleagues.

If you are interested in this role or would like further information, please contact Lisa Foster, Head of Mental Health & Learning Disabilities on [contact hidden] or [contact hidden]

Closing date: 25 April 2026

Please see attached job description and employee specification which you should refer to when completing your application to demonstrate you meet the essential criteria for the role.

Candidates must be able to evidence their right to work in the UK.  Please note the council does not hold a sponsor licence to sponsor people to work in the UK.

As an employer, we promote and safeguard the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect the same commitment from existing and prospective employees or volunteers. Recruitment to this post will follow our safer recruitment procedure which includes us requesting references prior to interview and a DBS check.