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:
The Supported Internship team sits within the council’s Employment, Learning and Skills division (Halton People into Jobs and Halton Adult Learning). Services are delivered from various community venues across Halton. The Supported Internship Programme is delivered from Kingsway Learning Centre (Widnes) and Halton People into Jobs (Runcorn).

Hours: 22.5 per week (Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday)

Your Contributions:
Working under the direction of the Supported Internship Programme Team Leader, the post holder will provide effective pastoral support to individuals participating in the Supported Internship Programme. A key focus will be to assess and provide wellbeing support to individuals with a disability or learning difficulty and their employers and help the intern develop the skills to learn through efficient and safe guidance. The post holder will also assist with helping the individual acclimatise to their classroom environment and, in partnership with the Job Coaches and Tutor, provide support within the learning environment to enable the individual to progress and achieve the identified outcomes.

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 25 days per year (including bank holidays), increasing with long service with the option to purchase an additional four-days of unpaid leave for our Annual Christmas Closedown
• 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

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 Lynsey Carr (lynsey.carr@halton.gov.uk / 0151 511 7547) or Mellanie Lythall-Brennan (mellanie.lythall-brennan@halton.gov.uk / 0151 511 6233)

Interviews will take place on Friday 21st November 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!