Therapy Team Manager

We have a fantastic opportunity available for a Therapy Team Manager to join our award-winning Adult Social Care Team at Wokingham Borough Council, on a full time, permanent basis. As Therapy Team Manager you will be responsible for ensuring that all work undertaken within the team is in accordance with relevant legal frameworks, guidance, policies and procedures to promote and ensure wellbeing, independence and safety. You will play an integral role in providing leadership, management, and support to the team, ensuring that performance and quality standards are met. This role will also be responsible for delivering a culture of partnership and ensure collaborative working with all stakeholders.,

• You will lead in the planning, organising, and monitoring and ensure the smooth running of day-to-day operations
• Provide direct line management, supervision, coaching and support to an experienced and committed Therapy Team. You will work closely with the Principal Occupational Therapist to develop the workforce and ensure that they have the skills, knowledge that are needed to meet the changing needs of the residents of Wokingham.
• Supporting the social care pathway process, ensuring that all services and opportunities are maximised to maintain client independence, and to identify and seek to improve areas where greater efficiency and effectiveness can be achieved
  
  Must have Occupational Therapy Qualification and registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
• Minimum of three years post qualification experience
• Knowledge of legislation, regulation, rules and guidance relating to the health and social care of adults, including, but not limited to in Care Act, Mental Capacity Act, NHS Continuing Healthcare, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards
• Strong assessment and analytical skills
• Demonstrable ability to lead, motivate, supervise and performance manage staff
  
  Wokingham Borough is set in the heart of Berkshire with excellent transport links to Reading and central London. Our area comprises of a vibrant and historical market town, attractive villages, and miles of beautiful countryside.
We're home to a range of high performing schools, a host of international businesses and an incredible community. The borough has a strong local economy with accelerated growth, a range of excellent public facilities and low levels of crime, offering an exceptional quality of life., Our Children's services When Children's Services get involved in the life of a child, our priority is to make sure our social workers have the support, time, and resources they need to provide an excellent quality of service - the kind of service we ourselves would wish to receive. We're committed to social workers having case loads that give them time to focus on relationship-based practice and we're growing our workforce to reflect this. We want to maintain an environment where practice can flourish and we offer:
• Good quality supervision
• A wide range of training and development opportunities
• A visible and responsive leadership team
We've adopted Signs of Safety as our practice framework. This is a strength based and safety-focused approach which prioritises direct work and relationships with the child and their network. Our commitment to this includes training staff at all levels in Children's Services. We also use this strengths based approach in the support and line management of our staff. https://wokinghamjobs.jgp.co.uk/ Careers in adult social care Adult Social Care makes a positive impact on so many lives. Working in social care is a fulfilling job that transforms lives for the better. With your help, people will have the ongoing support they need to live their lives to the full and help continue to deliver our outstanding services Roles are varied and every day is different. Working in adult social care will give you a huge sense of pride and satisfaction at the end of every working day. You won't find a more rewarding job.

We offer an excellent range of benefits, including flexible working options, a generous annual leave entitlement of 31 days (rising to 36 days after 5 years continued local government service), plus Bank Holidays, an enhanced local government pension scheme, a range of discounts lifestyle discounts, an onsite gym, salary sacrifice car scheme, an employee assistance program, leisure discounts and so much more!,
• Excellent pension benefits
• Flexible working hours
• Annual leave - starting at 26 days (plus bank holidays dependent on grade and working hours)
• Training and support
• Free eye tests
• Free gym access
• Free advice and counselling through our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
• Relocation package worth up to £8,000 (subject to eligibility
• Employment referral scheme of £1000 for successful candidates (subject to eligibility)
• We pay professional registration fees for Social Workers and Occupational Therapists
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