Team Leader – Short Breaks Home

Job description

Contract terms

Starting salary: PO2 (£42,771 – £45,750)
Work location: Conway Road, London, N15 3BB (3 bedroom short breaks home)
Hours per week: 36 per week
Contract type: Permanent
Closing date: Sunday, 7thJune 2026 at 23:59
Expected interview date: W/c 22nd June 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

As a Team Leader at Conway House, you will play a key role in leading the delivery of high‑quality short breaks care for children and young people aged 8–18 with additional needs. You will take responsibility for coordinating and leading shifts, ensuring a safe, structured and supportive environment where children can thrive. Working within Children’s Homes Regulations and best practice standards, you will oversee care delivery, implement behaviour and support plans, manage incidents, and ensure that routines, activities and transitions run smoothly. This is a hands‑on leadership role where you will support both operational delivery and staff performance, ensuring consistently high standards of care and safeguarding

About the team

You will be part of a supportive, friendly and dedicated team who are passionate about delivering high-quality short breaks for children with additional needs. The team works closely together to create a safe, inclusive and nurturing environment, where children can enjoy their stay and families feel confident in the care provided.
At Conway House, we value teamwork, respect and open communication. Staff support each other on shift, share knowledge and experiences, and work collaboratively to ensure the best outcomes for children. We are committed to ongoing learning and development, and provide regular training, supervision and opportunities to build your skills and confidence in the role. 

About you

You will be an experienced and confident practitioner with a background in supporting children or young people with SEND or complex needs, ideally within a residential or respite setting. You will have strong leadership skills, with the ability to guide and support staff while maintaining a calm and organised approach during busy or challenging situations. With a solid understanding of safeguarding, behaviour support and child‑centred practice, you will be able to build positive relationships with children, families and professionals. You will also be flexible, resilient and committed to delivering high‑quality care, with a passion for making a meaningful difference in the lives of young people.

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 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