Deputy Team Manager – Occupational Therapist (Project Role)

Deputy Team Manager – Occupational Therapist (Project Role)
Location: Southwark
Rate per hour: £43.09 per hour
Hours Per Week: Full time – 36 hours
Working Arrangements: Hybrid working 2 days remote / 3 days office-based
Team: Adult Social Care – Older People & Physical Disabilities

Southwark Adult Social Care Contact Team is seeking an experienced Occupational Therapist to join our frontline, fast-paced service as a Deputy Team Manager (DTM).

This is a key leadership role, supporting the Team Manager to deliver a safe, strength-based and person-centred service, promoting independence through early and effective OT intervention.

About the Role As Deputy Team Manager, you will provide operational leadership and professional oversight to a multidisciplinary team including Social Workers, Occupational Therapists, Assistant Practitioners and unqualified staff.
You will play a central role in ensuring high-quality OT practice, timely responses, and consistent service delivery within the Contact Team.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day operational leadership within the Contact Team
• Oversee OT service provision, including monitoring and responding to the generic OT inbox
• Lead on quality assurance, authorisation and professional sign-off of OT referrals and Contact Assessments
• Allocate OT work weekly and provide professional guidance and clinical advice
• Ensure the safe and timely provision of straightforward OT equipment following assessment
  (note: the Contact Team does not manage major adaptations)
• Identify and address training and development needs for unqualified staff in OT-related practice
• Support the Team Manager with supervision, performance management, staff wellbeing and sickness monitoring

Essential Requirements

• HCPC-registered Occupational Therapist (mandatory)
• Significant post-qualification experience within adult social care or health settings
• Proven experience supervising and mentoring staff
• Strong knowledge of manual handling, equipment provision and community OT practice
• Experience in quality assurance and professional sign-off of assessments
• Excellent communication, decision-making and problem-solving skills
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, frontline environment and make sound clinical judgements

Why work through Pertemps?
By applying through Pertemps, you’ll benefit from:

• A dedicated consultant with access to roles nationwide and available whenever you need support
• A simple online registration process
• Attractive referral schemes and incentives
• Ongoing compliance fully managed for you
• Prompt and reliable payroll
• …and much more!

📞 To discuss this role in more detail, please contact Freya Joseph on 07471 306880 or email Freya.joseph@pprsocialcare.co.uk.