Assistant Team Manager (OT)

As an Assistant Team Manager (OT), you will provide professional Occupational Therapy leadership within a multidisciplinary service while maintaining an active caseload and delivering high-quality OT practice. You will undertake complex assessments and interventions, provide supervision and support to colleagues, contribute to safeguarding and risk management decision-making, and help ensure timely, strengths-based outcomes for residents. This is a varied role that combines professional practice with leadership responsibilities, including deputising for the Team Manager when required.

We are seeking an experienced and self-motivated 2x Occupational Therapist to join Connect to Community (C2C) West 1 and West 2 as an Assistant Team Manager (Occupational Therapist). West 1 team is based in our Guildford office whilst West 2 team is based across two offices (Woking and Spelthorne), and you will be joining a team which makes a real impact, delivering meaningful outcomes for the residents. This is a hybrid role with the expectation of spending a minimum of 20% of the week in the office, as well as working in locations across Surrey to meet the demands of the role as required.,

• Hold a professional qualification in Occupational Therapy and current registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
• Have substantial post-qualification experience in adult social care or community settings
• Be confident undertaking complex OT practice, including risk, MCA and safeguarding work
• Have experience of providing professional supervision and contributing to practice development
• Be able to balance operational leadership with direct clinical OT work
• Be able to work autonomously and under pressure
Surrey has both urban and rural areas and locality based social care workers will be expected to have a valid driving licence to drive in the UK and access to a vehicle and be willing to travel across a wide geographical area. Reasonable adjustments where needed will be made for successful applicants who have a disability or long-term health condition to enable them to fulfil the requirements of the job.

This role has a starting salary of £56,439 per annum, based on a 36-hour working week. This is a full-time position but part-time applications are also welcomed.,
• Option to buy up to 10 days of additional annual leave
• A generous local government salary related pension
• Up to 5 days of carer's leave and 2 paid volunteering days per year
• Paternity, adoption and dependents leave
• An Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) to support health and wellbeing
• Learning and development hub where you can access a wealth of resources
• Wellbeing and lifestyle discounts including gym, travel, and shopping
• A chance to make a real difference to the lives of our residents