Specialist Teacher

Job Introduction

Our Story:

Halton is a vibrant local authority with a rich history and heritage, featuring 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:

Help Shape the Future of Inclusion

Halton Borough Council and NHS partners are seeking innovative, passionate and highly skilled professionals to join our new Experts at Hand Team, an ambitious and transformative service designed to strengthen inclusion, build capacity within mainstream settings and improve outcomes for children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND).

This is a unique opportunity to work as part of a multidisciplinary team that brings specialist expertise directly into schools, early years settings and colleges, ensuring that the right support is available at the right time.

Through coaching, modelling, consultation and practical intervention, our Experts at Hand Team will help educational settings develop the confidence, skills and knowledge needed to meet a diverse range of needs.

Hours: 32.5 hours per week based at Rutland House Runcorn as well as schools and settings across Halton and beyond.

Your Contributions:

There’s an exciting opportunity to join the Specialist Teaching and Advisory Service in Halton through the new ‘Experts at Hand’ model. We are a team of specialist teachers and advisors who support staff and pupils in schools with a range of special educational needs. Our vision is to ensure every child is supported and included in their local mainstream schools where possible and upskilling school staff is the way to do this. 

More specific responsibilities include:

• Modelling good practice in classrooms to demonstrate a range of strategies, approaches and teaching methods to meet the diverse needs of all learners.
• Improving learner outcomes through evidence-based pedagogical practice, curriculum development and collaborative working
• Advise and coach teachers, leaders and other educational professionals on the best and most effective ways to meet the needs of children with SEND in the classroom
• Contribute to curriculum planning, assessment design and apply challenge where appropriate
• Upskilling and supporting staff in inclusion or resource base provision to maintain high standards
• Deliver a range of training in the areas of cognition and learning, SEMH and communication and interaction

Our Offer:

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

• Term time only working -   A teacher employed full-time must be available for work for 195 days a year 
• Membership to Teachers Pension Scheme 
• 3 x Salary Life Cover via Teachers Pension Scheme
• Investment in your personal development 
• Free Car Parking at HBC sites 
• Flexible / hybrid working arrangements available 
• Extensive employee benefits platform including discounted shopping, car leasing, gym memberships, wellbeing hub and Employee Assistance Programme.
• Essential Monthly Car User Allowance

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 Stacey Holleran Lead for Specialist Teaching and Advisory Service, stacey.holleran@halton.gov.uk or 0151 511 6061.

Interviews will take place on 05 November 2026

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!