Day Services Officer

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:

Day Services Officer 

30 hours per week - £22,468 - £25,997 per annum
37 hours per week - £27,711 - £30,060 per annum

We put people first and focus on what people with a disability can do as opposed to what they cannot do. Supporting people in diverse ways is one of the reasons why Halton Community Services has won national awards. Halton Day Services provide a range of support for adults with a range of complex needs including Learning Disabilities, Physical and Sensory Disabilities, Challenging behaviour and Dementia. Sited across many different venues and businesses within Halton, people have the opportunity to work in a variety of active businesses.

You will need to be flexible enough to work across a number of business venues within Halton and to support people to take part in a variety of meaningful activities that promote employment, inclusion and offers opportunities to the people we support to promote independence and skill development. Experience is not essential your value base is, as training will be provided in the key areas of care support.

Your Contributions:

The role of the Day Service Officer is a dual role that not only takes responsibility for overseeing the day to day running of individual businesses but also provides:

• Front line supervision and support to individuals accessing the service and staff members supporting those individuals.
• We will expect you to lead a group in contributing to improve and develop our businesses to a highly effective and prosperous level.
• You will also fully appreciate the value you can bring to people’s lives by sharing your expertise and supporting people to work within your business areas.
• You will be committed to making activities accessible and meaningful for people with Learning Disabilities and other complex needs.

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
• Car leasing schemes

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 Louise McSorley 0151 511 6868 Louise.McSorley@halton.gov.uk

Provisional dates for interviews: 18th and 20th March 

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 !