Early Help Family Worker

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:

Runcorn Locality Team are keen to recruit a full time Early Help Family Worker to join our dedicated and experienced team of Family Workers.  We are looking for a practitioner who is enthusiastic and committed to working with families who have multiple and complex needs.

Runcorn Locality Team are based in Runcorn Family Hubs but you will be required to visit families in their own homes and support with them in other venues in the community.

Hours: 30 per week

Your Contributions:

You will need to have a thorough understanding of safeguarding and have previous experience of working with families of children aged 0-18 years who are dealing with issues such as poor adult and child mental health, substance misuse, domestic abuse, exploitation, missing from home, family breakdown, housing and financial difficulties.

The Early Help Family Worker role includes that of Lead Professional to complete MAP assessments, coordinate services and implement & review action plans. You will undertake direct work with young people, parents and carers in areas such as positive parenting, behaviour management and family relationships, ensuring that the voice of the child influences their support plan. You will be working with other professionals to deliver group work and training to parents, carers and young people.

You will manage an individual caseload and as such be able to prioritise your own workload and meet challenging deadlines. Your case recording must be clear, analytical and timely. In return, you will receive regular, high quality supervision, support and training, and benefit from the existing knowledge and professionalism of your peers.

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  Krista Hibbert on 0151 511 8199.

Interviews will provisionally take place W/C 19th May 2025. 

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!