Occupational Therapist Practice Lead Manager in London

Join an organisation that puts people first. Where everyone has opportunities to grow, and everyone can make a difference to the lives of people in Hull.

This is a full time permanent position. Proposed interview date is 17th June 2026. If the postholder requires a Standard or Enhanced DBS disclosure the candidate is required to declare full details of everything on their criminal record unless the conviction/s and/or caution/s are considered “protected” in line with filtering rules for DBS checks.

Are you passionate about making a positive and lasting difference for the people of Hull? We have a leadership opportunity for a grade 10 Occupational Therapy Practice Lead Manager. We are looking for an Occupational Therapist with experience of leadership or ready to move up. The pay scale is £45,091- £48,226 plus additionally attracts a £3000 market rate supplement. Adult Social Care or Adaptations experience advantageous but most importantly you will feel comfortable supporting a team, ensuring there is a culture of openness and learning, and leading by example in your clinical skills. Training can be provided to support development of the Adult Social Care core skill set.

You would be supporting other staff by creating the right conditions for them to be able to work to their maximum potential, and providing day to day operational oversight. You will deputise for the Operational Manager as appropriate. Alongside this as a clinical specialist you may hold a small complex caseload, support in high level clinical decision making, undertaking of quality audits, and chairing team meetings. This role will work closely with the two existing Occupational Therapy Practice Lead Managers, and the Operational Manager.

We have a range of opportunities for professional development and progression as well as the ability to be involved with research through the Curiosity Partnership. In Hull, Occupational Therapy is recognised as a vital function of Adult Social Care, ensuring that individuals can maintain their independence and live life to the fullest in their own homes. We are currently in an exciting time going through a period of service improvement, which will give you the opportunity to have a strong voice in how the service is shaped moving forwards.

As a valued leader, you will be providing supervision and clinical oversight to registered and unregistered staff. You will contribute to, and lead on, service development, policies, processes, and ensuring OT is embedded within the wider Social Care offer. This post is based at Kinloss Garth with Locality Services. The remit includes transition to adulthood, transforming care, prison and complex neurological conditions such as Motor Neurons Disease. Hours are in line with our flexible working policy.

Please get in contact if you have any questions or would like to discuss the available opportunity further.

ROLE AND PURPOSE

The Adult Social Care vision in Hull is of ‘a life not a service’. Adult Social Care is person centred and focuses on individuals’ strengths to support them to take control of improving their own health, resilience and wellbeing. We want to maximise people’s independence so individuals can achieve their goals and aspirations and live life to the fullest.

We work creatively with individuals, local communities and our partners, empowering them to deliver the best possible outcomes for people and to create a positive Adult Social Care culture. Our work is solution focussed, ensuring that those who most need support receive it and that we can continue supporting people in the future.

Practice Lead Managers will provide practice and /or professional leadership, by supporting the development of research informed practice, delivering a performance and quality assurance function, supporting staff development and contributing to strategic development in the organisation. Post holders will make a difference by working with people in highly complex situations and supporting or developing staff knowledge to provide better outcomes for people needing support.

Post holders will assist in the management and development of a multi-disciplinary team to ensure staff understand and engage with adult social care values, vision and strategy. To work with staff to support people to have a life not a service and to safeguard them from harm. Champion strengths-based approaches to social care. Be responsible for creating and delivering practice-based discussions which help staff to change practices by explaining new ways of working, supporting them to gain new skills and knowledge, providing context to the changes, and enabling staff to respond positively to the social care operating model.

To enable staff who feel challenged by change to express their anxieties and provide a safe environment in which this can be discussed. To achieve a shift in practice from that based on high intensity care and support provision to practice which prioritises resilience, prevention, and early intervention. To understand and support development of solution focused conversations, active listening techniques, enhanced legal literacy, and system-wide awareness.

To work with other senior management colleagues to deliver workforce training as required. To understand assessment as a process and an intervention in its own right. To strongly promote joint and trusted assessments motivating staff to recommend creative and innovative approaches to ensure that people are fully participating and in control of their goals and aspirations.

Support the Operational Manager in their work to make sure that the staff teams are competent and confident in their practice by motivating staff to engage in shared learning, peer support and maintaining/supporting individual and team development. Deputise for Operational Manager as directed. Managing performance and quality assurance. The post holder will assist the Operational Manager to ensure effective professional practice supervision and appraisals take place. They will make sure learning from the staff influence and informs the work of the organisation, providing feedback to strategic leaders, and supporting and managing change as needed.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Maintain an awareness of changes in national and local contexts and their impact on practice, and communicate this effectively within and outside of the organisation. Positively influence developments that affect Occupational Therapy practice.
• Contribute to and assist the manager to provide professional leadership of organisational change and development, including the identification of gaps in service.
• Promote positive working relationships in and across teams, using strategies for collaboration and contribute to a supportive organisational culture.
• Facilitates case discussion and quality monitoring to ensure that principles of the operating model are understood and implemented.
• Supports Operational Manager to nurture joint working across Adult Social Care managing joint allocations and assessments.
• Safeguarding of vulnerable adults, implementing principles of Making Safeguarding Personal.
• Working to legislation, case law and statutory guidance, implements primary legislation and undertakes assessments/specific pieces of work relating to Mental Capacity Act 2005, Care Act 2014, Human Rights Act 1998, Mental Health Act 1983 e.g. undertaking complex Assessments of Capacity and complex / challenging Best Interest Decision Making; completes Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards assessments and acts as scrutineer for BIA assessments (as a Best Interest Assessor); completes applications to the Court of Protection and challenges to the Office of the Public Guardian.

Benefits of Working of Hull City Council:

• A competitive salary
• An excellent pension through the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
• Initially 23 days annual leave depending on length of service. You will also get eight public holidays per year, and three additional days off, one in May/August and one during the Christmas/New year period
• Career development and learning experiences from a range of training courses and learning methods
• Supportive and forward-thinking culture
• Great career development opportunities

Please ensure that you complete and submit your application by midnight prior to the closing date. We are committed to increasing the diversity, equality, and inclusion within our workforce to represent the people we serve and build an environment in which everyone can feel like they belong. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply.

We adopt a ‘name blind’ approach to shortlisting. Recruiting managers will not have access to personal information, including your name and contact details, until a shortlisting decision has been made. Equality monitoring information is not accessible by recruiting managers at any stage.

We reserve the right to amend the dates associated with this advert, which may include closing the advert early where required. The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment.