Team Manager – Safeguarding

Job description

Contract Terms

Contract Type: Full -Time, Permanent
Salary: PO7 £57,663 – £60,819 per annum + £2,500 Market Supplement
Interview Date: w/c 21st April 2025
Closing Date: Sunday 6th April 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

As the Adult Safeguarding Team Manager, you will:

Lead and oversee adult safeguarding processes, ensuring compliance with legal frameworks, policies, and best practices.

Provide expert guidance and support to social workers and multi-agency partners in safeguarding investigations.

Chair safeguarding meetings and ensure high-quality decision-making in complex cases.

Work collaboratively with external agencies, including health services, police, and voluntary organisations, to drive safeguarding excellence.

Contribute to policy development and service improvements to enhance safeguarding outcomes.

Ensure a person-centred approach, empowering adults to have control over their care and protection.

About you

We are looking for a compassionate and experienced leader who:

Is a qualified social worker (SWE registered) with significant experience in adult safeguarding.

Has a strong understanding of the Care Act 2014, Mental Capacity Act 2005, and safeguarding best practices.

Demonstrates excellent leadership, decision-making, and problem-solving skills.

Thrives in a fast-paced, multi-agency environment and can manage complex cases effectively.

Is passionate about safeguarding and committed to delivering outstanding care and protection

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 ResourcingHub@haringey.gov.uk