Your Social Work career starts in Halton
A real chance to make a difference with protected and manageable social work caseloads
We want you to engage families, deliver quality social work and achieve positive outcomes for children in Halton.
Plenty of opportunities to progress in social work
There are many ways to advance in social work with us. Getting the most out of your social work career is just as important to us, as it is to you, which is why we enable staff to train and advance to different level and areas.
Flexible and remote working
Vary your start and finish times to suit your working day and home life. Work remotely, from home or other council hubs.
Generous annual leave
From day 1, you are entitled to a generous amount of annual leave. Starting at 25 days plus 8 bank holidays; increasing after 5 years’ service (pro rata for part time staff).
Your health and wellbeing
You’ll have access wide range of employee initiatives geared towards looking after, managing and improving mental and physical health.
Professional support and reflected supervision
With support from us, you can regularly evaluate and assesses you performance to gain perspective and understand the impact your work is having.
Less admin to do
We have structured our support services to relieve as much of the administrative burden from our social workers as possible.
Peer-to-peer learning
Our existing workforce will help you learn and develop as part of our social work team.
Park for free
You can park at our council buildings and hubs for free.
Good salary, pension and paid mileage
Our social work employees are paid a good salary and have access to the local government pension scheme. Mileage is paid for too.
Lease a car with our scheme
Our attractive car lease scheme is open to social work employees. The scheme is inclusive of extra costs including insurance, maintenance and servicing, road tax, tyres and breakdown recovery and you can benefit from great manufacturer discounts.
Halton, a great location
Halton has excellent travel links to Liverpool, Manchester, Chester, and London. Travelling to and from the Borough is made easy by the modern network of roads, expressways and railways.