Service Manager

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

You will join a collaborative and forward-thinking Adult Social Care leadership team within London Borough of Haringey. Reporting to the Head of Service, you will manage a number of operational managers and lead services across community, hospital and reablement functions. Working alongside experienced social care professionals, occupational therapists, physiotherapists and partner agencies, you will help foster a culture of continuous improvement, innovation and person-centred practice. The service supports flexible and hybrid working, offering an environment that values partnership working, professional development and excellence in service delivery

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