Occupational Therapy – Team Manager

Liquid Personnel

  • Stoke-on-Trent
  • £52.00 per hour
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 2 months ago
Job Title: Occupational Therapy – Team Manager
Location: Stoke-on-Trent
Pay Rate: £52 per hourAbout the Role:Are you an experienced Occupational Therapist ready to lead and inspire a team? We’re looking for a dynamic and reflective leader to join our Adult Social Care service in Stoke, driving innovation and excellence in occupational therapy practice.Your Mission:
  • Ensure individuals are fully involved and empowered throughout their journey with the service
  • Understand each person’s unique needs to offer tailored, effective solutions
  • Identify and remove systemic barriers to efficient service delivery
  • Promote independence, connection, and well-being through outcome-focused support
  • Regularly engage with service users to gather feedback and drive continuous improvement
What will your responsibilities be?To be successful in this role, you will
  • Promote inclusive, identity-affirming practice across your team
  • Champion the occupational therapy profession within and beyond the organisation
  • Use critical reflection to enhance your own and others’ practice
  • Recognise and address professional limitations and knowledge gaps
  • Apply ethical, legal, and human rights frameworks to complex decision-making
  • Challenge inappropriate use of power and promote best practice in authority
  • Provide expert advice in complex cases and contribute to policy development
  • Maintain high professional standards and foster a culture of learning
  • Demonstrate awareness of effective OT and social care models and interventions
  • Deputise for the Strategic Manager and support fellow Team Managers as needed
Why Join Us?
  • Competitive hourly rate: £52/hr
  • Opportunity to lead a passionate, skilled team
  • Make a real impact on the lives of people in Stoke
  • Flexible working and supportive leadership
Qualifications & Experience:
  • HCPC-registered Occupational Therapist
  • Proven leadership experience in adult social care or community OT
  • Strong understanding of legal, ethical, and human rights frameworks
  • Confident in reflective practice, supervision, and service development
  • Committed to empowering individuals and improving service outcomes
Why Liquid Personnel?
  • Free DBS and compliance service
  • Twice weekly payroll and ‘Faster Pay’ service, getting you paid more quickly
  • Access to exclusive roles that aren’t available from other agencies
  • Free access to Liquid’s exclusive social work training and CPD portal
  • Your own dedicated consultant with extensive social work knowledge
  • Access to a wide selection of social work positions across the UK
  • “Refer a Friend” bonus – get £500 for each social worker you refer who we successfully place*
  • “Find your own job” bonus – get £250 for bringing your own position to us *
Liquid Personnel is an equal opportunities employer. Liquid Personnel Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. * Terms and conditions apply to our bonus schemes.Reasonable Adjustments:If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity by contacting our team. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.We are unable to support or accept applications from candidates who are residents within the Red or Amber list of the Code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England, based on the World Health Organisation (WHO) Workforce Support and Safeguard List.BH – 191722
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