Company: Lambeth Council
Location:
Job Description:
Overview
In this role you lead the Occupational Therapy team within ICAS, driving high-quality, strengths-based practice to maintain residents’ independence and wellbeing. You manage and support therapists and assistants, prioritise referrals, and collaborate with partners to deliver timely care. You will shape service development, promote inclusion, and work across Adult Social Care to improve outcomes for residents. This is an opportunity to influence front-line social care at scale in Lambeth and contribute to our equity-focused mission.
Pay / Benefits
- Lambeth Staff Benefits
- Living Wage Employer
- guaranteed interviews for disabled candidates
- Stonewall diversity champion
- commitment to equity and inclusion
Responsibilities
- Provide day-to-day leadership and supervision for Occupational Therapists and Assistants
- Ensure high-quality service delivery and effective caseload management
- Screen, prioritise and direct new referrals to maintain service flow
- Coordinate with Age UK Lambeth and other partners to support prevention and early intervention
- Support smooth operation of the ICAS front door and cross-team collaboration
- Contribute to service development, innovation and partnership working
- Promote equality, diversity and inclusion in practice
- Knowledgeable guidance on relevant legislation and policies for Adult Social Care and Occupational Therapy
Key requirements
- Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) registration
- Strong leadership and communication skills
- Collaborative and partnership-oriented mindset
- Proactive problem-solving and ability to manage competing priorities
- Knowledge of legislation, policies and procedures for Adult Social Care and Occupational Therapy
- Commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion
- strong communication
- interpersonal skills
- collaborative mindset
- strengths-based and evidence-based practice
- awareness of relevant Adult Social Care legislation and policy
- experience with front-door service delivery and triage
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Posted: October 24th, 2026