Therapy Team Manager

Job description

Job responsibilities

Purpose of the Job:

Lead and manage a team of qualified and non-qualified workers, ensuring they deliver an effective, high-quality service and supervision of senior therapy practitioners.

Ensure the promotion of independence and wellbeing of people accessing support and performance manage the team where required.

Work alongside the Principal Occupational Therapists and contribute to service planning.

Implement policies and practices, provide professional guidance and expertise in respect of practice and maintain an oversight of complex cases.

Main Responsibilities:

1. To lead on aspects of Strategic Development for the service and of wider Adult Social Care, to ensure ongoing improvements. Attendance at strategic meetings across the integrated care system and with other partners.

2. To ensure that the needs of adults, children and carers are met; co-ordinate professional involvement to achieve outcomes. Leadership of complex case work including management oversight.

3. To work alongside the Principal Occupational Therapists to support service planning activities. Ensure that all appropriate planning and review activity is carried out effectively

4. Work with the Head of Service to manage data and performance monitoring and quality assurance. Keep the service under review to ensure value for public money and potential efficiencies are maximised.

5. Manage authorisation of supervised staff assessment documentation and records. Write reports, attend court and provide evidence if required.

6. To manage a motivated team and ensure they are developed in their role through effective use of 1-1s (supervision) and effective performance management.

7. Manage the home improvement service including minor adaptations, Housing MOTs and Provisional Tests of Resource

8. Manage the Discharge to Assess therapy reablement service

9. Manage the therapy service including major adaptations, non-adaptation interventions, blue badge assessments and housing reports

10. Lead on implementation and effective running of the childrens adaptation service

11. Provide management cover for staff working on Saturdays once per month on a rota basis (day off in week when working the Saturday)

12. To manage delegated budgets and ensure effective financial planning and monitoring in accordance with the Councils Financial Procedure rules.

13. To lead and develop a motivated team and ensure they are developed in their role through effective use of My Conversation/supervision and effective performance management as appropriate.

14. Take reasonable care for your health and safety and have regard to other persons who may be affected by the performance of your duties, in accordance with the provisions of Health and Safety legislation and Rutland County Councils and Departmental codes of practice and procedures. You will exercise proper care in handling, operating and safeguarding any equipment, vehicle or appliance provided, used or issued by the Council or provided or issued by a third party for individual or collective use in the performance of your duties.

15. This job description indicates the main areas of activity of this post. From time to time, however, other tasks/duties may be required but these will fall within the general areas of responsibility and grade of the post. Any changes which are of a permanent nature will, following consultation with you, be included in the job description in specific terms and will be formally issued to you.

Behaviours and outcomes:

Work collaboratively across adult social care, Rutland County Council and with all external partners to ensure a joined up, consistent service that adds value to peoples lives.

Be ambitious and champion best practice to promote excellent services which achieve best outcomes.

To be a role model for the One Council ethos and values.

Respond to pressure and change flexible and adaptable to sustain performance.

Build and manage relationships, share knowledge and skills to deliver shared goals.

Actively support new initiatives and try different ways of doing things.

Dimensions:

Directly line manages 3 staff and indirectly line manages approximately 11 staff

Sign off grant funded adaptations and equipment provision

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• BSc [Hons] Occupational Therapist/Physiotherapist
• Registration with HCPC

Skills

Essential

• Leadership and management skills
• Ability to monitor performance of staff and mentor
• Strong decision- making skills
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Ability to work under pressure
• Ability to work in partnership at a strategic level
• Strong IT skills
• Negotiation skills
• Excellent assessment and Risk management skills
• Managing conflict and maintaining professional relationships
• Good organisational skills
• Ability to manage conflicting demands and priorities
• Team working skills

Experience

Essential

• Post qualifying experience working within a community or hospital setting.
• Knowledge of Adult Care legislation and procedures.
• Demonstrate understanding and experience of risk management of complex and high-risk issues.
• Experience of multi-agency working.
• Knowledge and experience of safeguarding adults procedure
• Resource management management of staff resources, financial management planning and budget monitoring.
• Successful track record of establishing and maintaining partnership working that has led to tangible improvements in service delivery.

Desirable

• Experience of working within Social Care
• Experience of assessing for and recommending minor and major adaptations.
• Experience working within Pediatrics
• Evidence of other learning and development training.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Rutland County Council

Address

Rutland County Council

Catmos Street

Oakham

Rutland

LE15 6HP

Employer's website

https://jobs.rutland.gov.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)