Occupational Therapist Deputy Team Manager

Borough of Brent; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 52,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

A local government authority in the United Kingdom is seeking a Deputy Team Manager Occupational Therapist. This role involves leading the Reablement Team, providing guidance and support to staff, and enhancing service delivery for adult social care. Candidates should have post-graduate experience in social care and demonstrate a commitment to developing team capabilities. Salary ranges from £52,194 to £55,323 with added perks including a flexible working model and generous leave entitlements.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

27 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Employee Assistance programme

Qualifications

• Experience in leading and developing a team in a social care setting.
• Ability to provide advice and guidance to colleagues in the field.
• Knowledge of working alongside Home Care and Reablement providers.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the daily operations of the Reablement Team.
• Develop improved pathways with community social care services.
• Conduct training and development for team members.

Skills

Experience with adults with physical disabilities

Supervision experience

Multi-disciplinary teamwork

Education

Post-graduate experience in Social Care or Intermediate Care

Job description

Occupational Therapist Deputy Team Manager

United Kingdom

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Job Description

Salary range: £52,194 - £55,323 p.a. incl. London weighting

• A £5000 ‘golden hello’ for DTM OTs new to Brent, upon completion of their probationary period.
• An annual retention payment of £3000 for eligible frontline workers and managers from Grade PO2 – PO7

Contract: Permanent
Hours of work: 36 hours per week
Location: Civic centre and other locations from time to time

Are you looking for the next step in you Occupational Therapist career?

Brent is a tremendously vibrant London borough where the iconic arch of Wembley Stadium dominates the skyline. Spanning both inner and outer London, it is a borough of huge contrasts in terms of its economic, environmental, ethnic and social make up. Brent’s diversity is evident to all who visit our borough and our long history of ethnic and cultural diversity has created a place that is truly unique and valued by those who live and work here.

The council is pursuing a far-reaching transformation agenda that better meets the needs of our community so it is an exciting time to join us.

We are looking for Deputy Team Manager Occupational Therapist for Brent’s Reablement Team which isan integrated service combining the fast-paced response to Pathway 1 Home First discharges and the delivery of reablement and social care services in a short term response team set up. The team’s ethos is about promoting and enabling independence and we have good working relationships with our partners and colleagues in the hubs and intermediate care.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Occupational Therapist, who have experience of working with adults with physical disabilities and older people to take an active role with day to day running of the Team in providing specialist advice, guidance, support and supervision to qualified and non-qualified social care and OT staff working within the team. Also the opportunity to develop the team services and role in delivering the Integrated Care Partnership.

Brent Adult Social Care is committed to an organisational culture that invests and empowers its staff to take ownership and accountability to enable staff to provide excellent services to residents to help keep them safe in the community. Person centred services are aimed at maximising independence through building resilience and empowerment to enable people to manage their care and be independent.

The Person

This is an excellent opportunity to work in a progressive and Multi-disciplinary team comprising of Occupational Therapists, Social Workers, Care Assessors and OT assistants providing Reablement to clients in their own homes. The successful candidates will have key roles in developing:

Improved pathways with the existing community social care and intermediate care services as part of the Integrated Care Partnership with our Acute and Community NHS provider Trusts and 3rd Sector organisations

Working with Brent’s Adult Social Care brokerage team on training of new Reablement Home Care providers.

Staff development and training for team members as an integral role in the retention and upskilling of the workforce in Adult Social Care.

The successful candidates will ideally have post graduate experience in Social Care and or Intermediate Care, have experience of supervising staff and or students in the work place and of working with Home Care providers and/or Reablement providers.

Our Offer to You

In addition to your salary, you will also get to enjoy the following benefits:

• 27 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays, increasing to 31 days plus 8 bank holidays after 5 years continuous service
• Flexible working hours and the opportunity to work from home 2 days per week (laptop provided)
• A wide range of family friendly policies such as parental leave
• Access to affordable parking nearby
• Access to our Zipcar scheme
• Access to our Employee Assistance programme for free confidential counselling
• Season ticket loan for public transport
• Cycle to work scheme and good onsite facilities
• Access to My Brent Rewards for big brand discounts, local offers and money off for travel, cinema and shopping vouchers.

Closing Date: 14 January 2026 (23:59)

Brent Council values the diversity of its community and aims to have a workforce that reflects this and therefore encourage applications from all sections of the community. We positively encourage all applicants to self‑identify their characteristics in the diversity survey section in the application.

We are committed to safer recruitment and safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants should be aware that posts working with children, young people and vulnerable adults are subject to an Enhanced DBS check as well as other employment clearances.

The information we collect from you will be shared with Cifas who will use it to prevent fraud, other unlawful or dishonest conduct, malpractice, and other seriously improper conduct. Further details of how your information will be used by us and Cifas and your data protection rights, can be found here.

As a disability confident employer Brent welcomes applications from people with all disabilities, including “non-visible” disabilities and mental health conditions. We will interview any disabled applicant who meets the essential criteria. If you require reasonable adjustments to be made to any part of the recruitment process due to your disability, please contact us.

• Locations Brent Civic Centre, HA9 0FJ, GB