Halton Borough Council, United Kingdom (On-Site)
Full time
£45,718 - £48,710 per annum
37
Practice Manager - Social Work Academy
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:
This is an exciting opportunity to be a part of our Social Work Academy in Halton.
The Social Work Academy collaborates with the entire children’s workforce, utilising quality assurance, collaborative feedback, and Ofsted findings to address areas requiring development.
Additionally, and potentially more impactful for long-term workforce retention and ongoing practice improvement, you will be integral in the continuing development of the centre of excellence for learning and development. This centre offers social work professionals and related social care roles ongoing professional development through an inclusive training programme.
We're looking for an individual who is passionate about supporting the workforce to improve outcomes for our children and families. Our approach focuses on developing good practice in all areas of our work, in order to provide the best support to the children and families in Halton.
The ideal candidate will have experience in practice improvement and quality assurance as well as substantial experience in frontline social work. They will have managerial and/or supervisory experience and have been part of an improvement journey where they have developed the skills to motivate and shape the practice of others.
Our priorities are ever changing, therefore the individual will be able to adapt to our evolving improvement journey in order to be instrumental in supporting Halton’s improvement journey.
Hours: 37 per week
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 Kadie Molyneux, Service Manager Social Work Academy, 01515117557 or kadie.molyneux@halton.gov.uk
Interviews will take place on 20/05/2025 at DCBL stadium, Lower House Ln, Widnes WA8 7DZ.
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!