Job Description
Contract Terms
Grade: PO6
Salary: £52,584 – £55,620 per annum
Contract Type: Full Time, Permanent (36 Hours per week)
Closing Date: Sunday 20th July 2025
Interview Date: Week commencing 28th July 2025
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
Coombes Croft is a 3 bedded accessible and equipped children’s home, it provides specialist overnight respite care for children aged 8-18 with a learning disability, physical disability and complex needs. Respite care at Coombes Croft will provide a lifeline for families, giving parents some much needed space and time, helping them to recharge and the chance to have a short break from providing full-time care and support care to their child. The Deputy Manager plays a crucial role in ensuring the smooth functioning of our Short Break Home. As the deputy, the role involves close collaboration with the Registered Manager to create a nurturing and supportive environment for the children in our care. The responsibilities encompass both administrative/managerial tasks and direct interaction with the children and young people, monitoring individual care plans, health needs, organising staff and coordinating daily activities in the home.
About You
The ideal candidate will hold qualifications such as NVQ Level 3 or 4, a Level 3 Diploma in Health & Social Care (or equivalent), and possess strong knowledge of the Children’s Homes Regulations (2015), Ofsted frameworks, and the Social Care Common Inspection Framework. With at least three years’ experience in residential settings at management level, they’ll bring an in-depth understanding of operational service delivery, compliance, and partnership working across statutory and voluntary sectors. This leadership role requires excellent communication skills, the ability to motivate and manage staff teams, and a proactive approach to mentoring and development. Candidates should be Team Teach trained—or willing to be trained—and demonstrate experience in building effective relationships with stakeholders including families, social workers, health professionals, and external agencies. Strong organisational skills, creative thinking, and a commitment to best outcomes for children are essential, alongside the ability to lead performance management processes and contribute to wider strategic policies. If you’re passionate about shaping high-quality care and inspiring excellence in others, this could be the perfect next step.
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 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 end 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 you application please contact
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