Assistant Team Leader

Stockport Council; Stockport; Hybrid; GBP 47,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

Stockport Council is seeking an Assistant Team Leader in the Neighbourhood Services. The role targets registered Social Workers or Occupational Therapists with Care Act experience and a passion for wellbeing, independence and enabling 'gloriously ordinary lives'.

As part of a dynamic leadership team, you will supervise staff, promote a strengths-based culture and help develop services. The position is hybrid, based at Central house, Stockport with homeworking and a minimum two office days per

Qualifications

• Registered Social Worker or Occupational Therapist with Care Act experience.
• Experience leading and supervising teams.
• Strong time management and organisational skills.
• Committed to wellbeing and prevention approaches.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership support to staff and develop a strengths-based culture.
• Supervise the staff team and contribute to service development.
• Embed prevention, proportionate intervention and equipment-first approach.
• Collaborate with Social Work and Occupational Therapy professionals.

Skills

Leadership

Supervision

Team development

Time management

Job description

Assistant Team Leader
MB4 (£46,579 - £53,051)
37 hours, Full Time
Permanent
Hybrid: Central house, Stockport and homeworking. To be office-based minimum of 2 days per week.

Application Deadline: 13th November 2026, 11:59pm
Shortlisting Date: 17th November 2026
Interview Date: 30th November 2026
Interview Type: Face to Face

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Your Role

The Neighbourhood Service has an exciting opportunity to recruit an Assistant Team Leader as part of a dynamic leadership team. This opportunity is open to registered Social Workers and Occupational Therapists who have experience of working with adults under the Care Act, promoting wellbeing, independence and gloriously ordinary lives.

The post holder will provide leadership support at an appropriate level to establish and maintain a strengths-based culture of teamwork, achievement, accountability and outcome-focused practice. This includes providing supervision and support to the staff team and contributing to the continuing development of the service. As our neighbourhood model develops, the role will help embed prevention, proportionate intervention and an equipment-first approach, drawing on the complementary expertise of Social Work and Occupational Therapy.

About You

You’re a collaborative team player with the experience and drive to develop and support practitioners, including Social Workers, Occupational Therapists and Social Care Officers, to achieve the best they can.

You’ll also have good time management and organisation skills.

You’ll be enthusiastic and committed to supporting the people we serve to achieve their outcomes, with a strong focus on strengths, prevention, independence and making effective use of equipment, technology and community resources.

About Us

Neighbourhood teams are at the heart of the community, our teams are based in 4 areas that cover Stockport South, North, East and West. We work within the Care Act to support our residents to lead Happier and Healthier lives through wellbeing and prevention agenda. We also look to ensure the safety of our residents under S42 Safeguarding under the Care Act, we do this again with the person at the centre of this, making safeguarding personal. We work collaboratively with our partner agencies and are committed to the council’s vision off one heart, one mind, one Stockport and work to an ethos of promoting the glorious ordinary lives of our residents.

At Stockport Council we are one ambitious team on a mission to create opportunities for everyone who lives, works and spends time in the borough. Working at Stockport Council means contributing to one of the most thriving towns in the North. We’re keen to recruit people with the right values and behaviours that can help us ensure our workplace values are at the heart of everything we do.

We are proud to be recognised under the Good Employment Charter as an organisation committed to the wellbeing of our colleagues. As members of the charter, we have been recognised as a great place to work for all colleagues and pledge to pay the real living wage, engage staff in key decisions and endorse fair and flexible working conditions.

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We want our employees to have a good work life balance and in many job roles we can offer a range of flexible/hybrid working arrangements. We also have inclusive employment policies and staff engagement forums to support our diverse workforce. We will listen to, learn from, and develop our workforce.

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Stockport Council is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive workforce culture - a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and communities to join our workforce.

We want our employees to have a good work life balance and in many job roles we can offer a range of flexible/hybrid working arrangements. We also have inclusive employment policies and staff engagement forums to support our diverse workforce. We will listen to, learn from, and develop our workforce.

Find out if you meet the criteria here: https://www.greater.jobs/our-guaranteed-assessment-scheme

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