Support Worker - Day Services

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 Community Day Services are excited to offer a number of Support Worker opportunities to the right candidates.

We are a dynamic service, supporting Adults with Physical, Sensory, Learning Disabilities and Dementia in some innovative and award winning ways.

We are passionate about person centred support and take pride in the quality of activities that we are able to offer: enabling meaningful engagement in a wide range of opportunities. Our portfolio of businesses, where people are able to develop their employment skills include:

 Brewery
 Ice Cream Parlour 
 Shopmobility outlets
 Market Garden
 Hair and Beauty Salon
 Community Pantries
 Animal Smallholding

We also run some more traditional groups in the community, focusing on developing and maintaining living skills, supporting people who may have behaviour that can challenge or offering therapeutic and social value in activities such as The Samba Band, Craft production and PMLD groups.

We are currently looking to fill the following roles to join our amazing team: 

Dementia Support – 27 hours per week - £17,739 - £17,808 per annum. 
Wed, Thurs , Fri, Sat, ; to include weekends and bank holidays.

Catering – 30.5 hours per week - £20,038 - £20,116 per annum.
3 week rota ;to include weekends and bank holidays.
 Wk 1 – Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri
 Wk 2 – Thurs, Fri, Sat , Sun
 Wk 3 – Tues , Thurs, Fri , Sat

Generic Support – 37 hours per week - £24,309 - £24,404 per annum.  
3 week rota ;to include one weekend in 3 , day off for weekend to be discussed upon employment.

Generic Support – 22.50 hours per week - £14,782 - £17,808 per annum.
 3 week rota pattern ; to include weekends and bank holidays.
 Wk 1- Mon , Tue , Wed
 Wk2 – Wed, Thurs Fri
 Wk 3- Thurs, Fri, Sun

Successful applicants for the support worker posts will be expected to work across Halton Day Services venues according to the needs of the service.

Your Contributions:

Are You Ready to Make a Real Difference?

Are you passionate, driven, and eager to kickstart or grow your career in social care? Are you willing to work towards achieving your NVQ Level 2 in Social Care (or an equivalent qualification)? If so, we we would love to hear from you.

Are you someone who champions inclusion and equality, communicates with warmth and clarity, and takes pride in keeping clear, accurate written records? Are you ready to play a vital role in empowering service users to live independently, using your initiative and adapting flexibly to meet their unique and diverse needs?

If you're looking for a rewarding role where every day brings the chance to make a positive impact, this could be the perfect fit for you!

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 
• Extensive employee benefits platform including discounted shopping, car leasing, gym memberships, wellbeing hub and Employee Assistance Programme.
• Access to a range of learning and development opportunities.

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 (Libby Kilbane, Louise McSorley, Michelle Hillyer 0151 511 6868, admin.bredon@halton.gov.uk)

Interviews will take place on 24th and 26th June

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!