Haringey Council is set to appoint a Director of Safeguarding and Social Care on a fixed-term contract without the usual open recruitment process, according to the agenda of the Appointments Panel meeting held on Tuesday, 22 July 2025.
The Agenda frontsheet for the meeting of the Appointments Panel, which included Councillor Peray Ahmet (Leader of the Council), Councillor Dana Carlin (Cabinet Member for Finance and Corporate Services), Councillor Marsha Isilar-Gosling, and Councillor Zena Brabazon (Cabinet Member for Children, Schools & Families), indicated that the panel would discuss and potentially approve the appointment. The Public reports pack stated that the report sought approval for this fixed-term contract appointment, bypassing the standard recruitment procedures typically required for executive-level positions.
Further details regarding the appointment were scheduled to be discussed in an exempt session, excluding the press and public from the deliberations. This exclusion is in accordance with the Local Government Act 1972, Schedule 12A, Part 1, paragraphs 1 and 2, because the discussion involves information relating to an individual and information likely to reveal the identity of an individual.