Contract terms
Starting salary: PO8 (£66078 - £69807)
Work location: 48 Station Road, Wood Green, London, N22 7TY
Hours per week: 36 per week
Contract type: Permanent
Closing date: Sunday, 29th November 2026 at 23:59
Expected interview date: W/c 7th December 2026
About Haringey
Haringey is a fantastic place to live and work – the world in one borough. A place brimming with creativity, personality, radicalism, and community. It is a place where we stand up for each other. A place that is proudly distinctive. We’ll be celebrating all this and more as the “rebel borough” when we are the 2027 London Borough of Culture.
Our history champions change-makers and everyday rebels; revelling in our differences, battling discrimination, championing equality, and doing things our own way. Haringey’s people are a huge asset, with knowledge, expertise, and passion. Our staff members embody our organisational values: Caring, Creative, Courageous, Collaborative and Community-focused. These values keep us looking forward, ambitious for the future, and continuously striving to do our very best for all of our residents.
About the role
You will provide operational leadership and contribute to strategic service development, working with managers and partners to deliver safe, effective and financially sustainable services. You will help embed clear pathways between first contact, professional triage and specialist services, keeping residents’ experiences and outcomes at the centre of decisions.
- Lead and support managers to deliver consistent, strengths-based practice and effective safeguarding.
- Use performance, quality, financial information and resident feedback to identify improvements and manage demand.
- Oversee relevant Care Act delivery, robust governance and risk management, with clear accountability for decisions.
- Manage staffing and purchasing budgets within delegated responsibilities, balancing quality, outcomes and value for money.
- Build effective relationships across council services, health, the voluntary sector and with adults and carers, using co-production to improve services.
About the team
Help shape how adults and carers in Haringey access support. We are looking for an experienced, forward-thinking Service Manager to play a leading role in our newly re-designed Adult Social Care Front Door and translate our ambitions for prevention, independence and timely support into everyday practice.
This is an exciting opportunity to influence a changing service at a point where your leadership can make a lasting difference. Our Front Door approach brings together accessible information and advice, early resolution and professional triage, helping residents reach the right support at the earliest opportunity.
About you
You will bring extensive experience of managing and motivating teams, leading change and improving adult social care services. You will be confident making complex decisions, managing budgets and translating legislation and performance information into practical action. Your leadership will combine professional curiosity, clear expectations and a commitment to equality and anti-discriminatory practice.
A relevant professional qualification in social care or health and current registration with the appropriate professional regulator are essential.
If you want to lead improvement where residents first seek help, we would like to hear from you.
Working for Haringey
At Haringey Council we are committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included, and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits of a diverse workforce so welcome applications from all ethnicities and communities so that we continue to make a difference to our residents and community. Our benefits package includes a leave entitlement of up to 31 days + bank holidays, potential hybrid working opportunities, health and wellbeing support, a generous local government pension scheme and a range of discount schemes across leisure and culture that provide both financial and money-saving discounts.
Please note: we reserve the right to end this advert before the noted deadline if we receive sufficient applications. If you wish to apply for this role, please ensure that you do so as soon as possible.
Additionally, we are aware that automated emails may be diverted through to junk email folders. Please continue to check these through the application process. If you have any questions about the status of your application, please contact ResourcingHub@haringey.gov.uk
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