Team Manager – Adaptations

Contract Type: Permanent

Salary: Grade J SCP
40 £ 51,356 SCP
41 £ 52,413

Hours Per Week: 36hours

Base

Location:

Tameside One

Assessment Date
: 20/01/2026

The Role

Are you passionate about improving lives and creating inclusive communities?

This is your opportunity to lead a team dedicated to delivering high quality housing adaptations and equipment services that empower residents to live independently.

As a Team Manager, you will oversee the Housing Adaptations & ICES Team, ensuring timely and effective delivery of adaptations funded through the Disabled Facilities Grant.

You will manage processes, support Occupational Therapists, and ensure compliance with policies and procedures.

Your leadership will be key in driving service excellence and positive outcomes for residents across Tameside.

About You

We are looking for a dynamic leader with:

• Proven experience in managing housing adaptations or similar services.
• Strong leadership and interpersonal skills to build effective multi-agency partnerships.
• Excellent communication and report writing abilities.
• Knowledge of data systems for monitoring performance and ensuring quality.
• A commitment to co-production with residents and partners to shape services that truly meet community needs.

This role requires a minimum of two to three days office-based work, with the remainder delivered through hybrid working arrangements.

About Us

Message from Stephanie Butterworth, Director of Adults Services at Tameside Council.

‘’ I’ve worked here for many years now and I’m proud of the work that we do together, ensuring people in our borough are living a good life.

‘‘Our vision is one which sees people living well in the place they call home, where they are supported to be a part of their local communities to live long, healthy and fulfilled lives.

‘’One way I regularly connect and listen to our workforce is through my monthly staff drop-in with our Principal Social Worker. This is an opportunity to create dedicated time for staff to share ideas, team updates and network across our services. It’s amazing to hear during sessions that they really value being part of Team Tameside and the opportunities that we bring, so we can make sure that they are part of delivering our ambition for the people we support.

‘’Working in Adult Social Care is a rewarding and fulfilling career choice, where you can really make a difference to people’s lives every day. We will support you to develop and fulfil your potential and create space for you to reflect and grow. We are dedicated to breaking barriers, so our workforce is rich with experience and understanding, always building and championing social justice, equity, diversity and inclusion.

People are always at the heart of everything we do, if our vision sounds like something you want to be part of, we offer a warm welcome to join us here at Team Tameside. ‘’

At Tameside, we are committed to ensuring all our Citizens lead long, fulfilling and healthy lives. We are committed to supporting economic growth, providing high quality health and care services, protecting our most vulnerable and creating strong and supportive, self-sufficient communities.

We recognise that our people drive our success and enable the organisation to deliver on its vision, purpose and priorities, and that our people are our most important resource and asset. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours, and we understand that how we do things is just as important as what we do. We pride ourselves on living by our STRIVE values of Support, Trust, Respect, Integrity, Value Diversity and Engage.

Our values underpin our practice and behaviours and are at the heart of everything that we do. How we do things are just as important as what we do.

Our employees’ skills, experience and knowledge are essential to our success along with their happiness, wellbeing, commitment, enthusiasm and motivation to be the best they can be.

This position is subject to Enhanced with Barred List Disclosure Procedures. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults and expect all staff to share this commitment.

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