Deputy team Manager
Deputy team Manager
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05-08-2025
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Job Description
3 Month Contract with a local Authority
Job Purpose
- Southwark Adult Social Care OPPD includes various teams such as Ageing Well Southwark Assessment & Intake Hospital Discharge Case Management and Intermediate Care supported by Telecare Sensory and Business Support. Deputy Team Managers alongside the Team Manager lead and supervise staff including Social Workers and Occupational Therapists ensuring high-quality person-centred services that promote independence safeguard residents and support legal processes. They also foster a culture of reflective practice learning and professional development within the team.
Key Duties/Accountabilities
- To be responsible with the Team Manager for the provision of a comprehensive and effective social work and occupational therapy service in accordance with current legislation council policy and best practice.
- To manage and supervise a cohort of social care practitioners which may include workers from different professional backgrounds ASYE and student placements. This will include coordinating induction programmes for new staff setting objectives completing performance reviews and supporting significant areas of people management.
- To act as an expert practitioner within the service representing their profession effectively by providing oversight guidance and advice to colleagues to guide appropriate and safe decision making.
- To be responsible for the revision of staff training and development plans which may involve staff from outside the areas of profession/specialism and acting as a mentor for less experienced staff.
- To support members of the team and wider service with decision making and support clinical reasoning.
- To undertake timely allocation of work to the right person and effectively manage waiting lists and risk. To undertake weekly performance monitoring to ensure that our statutory responsibilities are met.
- To put individuals at the heart of all activity and to promote a strength based approach to assessment and enabling positive risk taking in support planning within statutory frameworks and timeframes.
- To ensure that service provision provides value for money and meets the individual and at times complex needs of service users and their carers based upon a strength based approach to assessment.
- To promote develop and sustain cohesive working relationships with other professionals partner organisations and external agencies.
- To oversee and quality assess the completion of high risk or high profile assessments and development of support plans which ensure people have choice and control of their support.
Essential Experience Required.
- To have experience of working with multiple agencies to facilitate holistic assessments.
- To collaboratively support people in achieving their goals outcomes and maximisation of their independence
- Experience of holding and effectively managing complex high risk or high profile cases including safeguarding mental capacity and deprivation of liberty.
- Extensive knowledge of a range of Occupational Therapy solutions to promote independence including complex equipment housing adaptations and advanced moving and handling interventions
Essential Qualifications Required
- To be a registered Health or Social care professional.
- Post qualification training / award at higher or advanced level or equivalent expertise or experience in a relevant field.
Additional information to note
- This role is 36 working hours per week.
- DBS is Require For This Role
The role closes on 08/08/25
Employment Type
Full Time
Key Skills
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