Team Manager-Occupational Therapy Long Term team

Would you like to be a part of The London Borough of Hounslow, whose diverse workforce are committed to making a positive difference for our residents and visitors by ensuring the quality of our services are maintained to a high standard?

Hounslow Council is an outstanding council serving an outstanding borough. With brilliant, visionary leadership, a dynamic Cabinet and a can-do culture, we’ve built strong partnerships across the borough which have transformed how we serve one of London’s most diverse boroughs. Hounslow is the world in one place, full of potential, but a borough hit hard -socially and economically -by Covid-19. We have stepped up for our residents and businesses like never before.

We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic, self- motivated and dynamic Team Manager to join the Long-Term Occupational Therapy Team, which is committed to driving forward key agendas on personalisation and integrated working. You will be managing a team consisting of 2 Deputy Team Managers, Occupational Therapists, Assistant Occupational Therapists and the Sensory Team consisting of a Rehabilitation Officer for the Blind and a Visual Impairment Officer.

1. To deliver efficient and effective management of the Long-Term Occupational Therapy and Sensory team.

2. To ensure the service is of a high quality and customer focused.

3. To manage staff and resources allocated to the job, in accordance with the Councils vision, policies, governance arrangements and values.

4. To raise performance of Occupational Therapy Services in Hounslow and empower the team to contribute to continuous improvement and provide suitable outcomes for residents to improve their wellbeing

5. To risk manage and review options to meet residents needs

1. Ability and experience to work with your team supporting them to develop and flourish

2. Ability and experience of improving service delivery

3. Provide professional decision making and judgement.

4. Have good organisational skills; being able to prioritise your work and oversight of the teams workload.

5. To remain calm and supportive whilst working under pressure with a can-do approach.

6. Be confident applying relevant legislation and best practice guidance with the ability to sustain a clear performance focus.

We value diversity in its broadest sense. We're committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone is able to be themselves, give of their best and reach their full potential. We believe that a diverse workforce helps us to better understand our communities and deliver the best services for our residents. We want to receive applications from all regardless of age, gender identity, disability, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, religion or belief, race or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, transgender status or social economic background. We want to harness the mix and ensure that everybody can apply and be part of our recruitment processes. We will therefore make reasonable adjustments to accommodate our candidates.

This post is considered by the authority to be a customer-facing position; as such it falls within scope of the Code of Practice on English language requirement for public sector workers. The council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements.