Social Worker - Children in Need

Are you ready to make a real impact? Join us in making a difference!

Our Story:

Halton is a vibrant local authority with a rich history and heritage, featuring two iconic bridges that connect communities across the River Mersey. Located in Cheshire, Halton boasts excellent transport links between Liverpool and Manchester.

Our progressive community strategy aims to bring about meaningful, long-term improvements that enhance lives. It’s an exciting time to join us as we develop new policies and transform the way people access services.

We are immensely proud that when asked what’s great about working for Halton, the most popular response from our workforce has been ‘our colleagues’.

Why join us?

• Be part of a transformation: This is more than just a job—it's a chance to be a key player in turning our services around. Your skills, insights, and energy will be crucial in driving the change we need.
• Investment in services: We recognise that in order for good Social Work practice to flourish, our offer of services needs to improve. As a Local Authority, we are already committed to developing our contextual safeguarding service, edge of care, and family network coordinators, to name just a few.
• Supportive environment: We understand the complexities and demands of Social Work. We offer a supportive, collaborative environment where you will have the opportunity to work alongside many of the great Social Workers and managers within our service. Our managers support a small number of Social Workers to ensure that they can provide the required and appropriate level of support.
• Professional development: We are committed to investing in our team with continuous training and development opportunities to enhance your skills and career

Hours: 37

Your Contributions:

• Passion and resilience: We’re looking for individuals who are not just looking for a job, but are passionate about making a positive difference and committed to transforming our service.
• Strong ethical foundation: A deep commitment to ethical practice and a compassionate approach are essential as we work to rebuild trust and deliver high-quality support to those in need.
• Commitment to continuous improvement: Continuous improvement is one of our core values in Halton. Whether we are inadequate or outstanding, we believe that improvement should never stop, so we are seeking Social Workers who are aligned with this.

Our Offer:

Aside from working with a great team, our employees have access to a fantastic range of benefits, including:

• A generous annual holiday allowance starting at 34 days per year (including bank holidays), increasing with long service
• Membership of our defined benefit, salary-linked Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) with generous employer contributions
• 3 x Salary Life Cover via Local Government Pension Scheme
• Investment in your personal development
• Free Car Parking at HBC sites
• Flexible working arrangements
• Extensive employee benefits platform including discounted shopping, car leasing, gym memberships, wellbeing hub and Employee Assistance Programme

A relevant market supplement amount is included in the advertised salary for each grade as follows:

• Grade HBC7 - £2,710
• Grade HBC8 - £2,710
• Grade HBC9 - £3,710

A market supplement is payable for those hard to fill posts within Children’s Services, effective from 1st October 2024 until March 2025 then for another 2 further full financial years until 31st March 2027.

Next Steps:

At Halton Borough Council, we want all of our candidates to feel well-informed so if you would like to have an informal chat about this role, please contact Jill Evans ([phone removed]), Sarah Daly ([phone removed]) or Alicia Lambley ([phone removed]).

This is a rolling advert, therefore applications will be continuously reviewed and applicants invited to interview before the advertised end date.

At Halton Borough Council we want to ensure that our communities are represented across our workforce and a vital part of this is to encourage diversity in all respects. We are committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and tailored to best suit the needs and strength of the individual. This includes making adjustments for people with a disability, neurodiversity or with long-term health conditions. If you require accommodations, please reach out during the recruitment process so that we can make this the best possible experience for you – [email removed]

Please refer to the attached Job Profile for further information about the role and our values.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than the specified date should we receive sufficient applications. If you’re interested, please complete your application as early as possible.

We look forward to receiving your application!