Job Introduction
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, as well as close proximity to both Liverpool John Lennon and Manchester Airports.
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’.
Our Team:
Halton’s Parenting Team is integral to the delivery of Halton’s Family Hub Programme and the Reducing Parental Conflict agenda. Working within a multi-agency arena the Parenting Team are instrumental in ensuring high quality and effective interventions are available and accessible for Halton’s parents/families. Through a “Think Family” approach the Parenting Team advocate inclusivity by enabling the voices and daily lived experiences to be heard and understood.
The team work across the Borough using Halton Brook, Runcorn, as a base and thereafter Family Hubs and other various community venues. The team integrate with various 0-19yrs teams and up to 25yrs for our SEND population such as health, social care and schools. The team are highly valued across internal Children’s Services teams and recognised as a deliverer of “best practice” across local regional networks.
Hours: 37
Your Contributions:
• To co-ordinate and organise the delivery of Early Help Parenting services across Halton, working in a multi-disciplinary arena.
• To be the lead for Halton’s Reducing Parental Conflict agenda, through dissemination of information, delivery of multi-agency training and preparation of returns for Reducing Parental Conflict DWP bids.
• To manage a cohort of staff in the Early Help Parenting service.
• To assist in leading Halton’s Family Hub Parenting Support workstream and carry out actions as identified.
• To prepare qualitive and quantitative reports for Senior Management in relation to Halton’s Parenting delivery programme.
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.
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 Carol Fenlon - Carol.Fenlon@halton.gov.uk
Interviews will provisionally take place on 12th May.
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 – resourcing@halton.gov.uk
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!
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