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:

Halton People into Jobs (Halton Borough Council) offers a range of services to help local residents address barriers to employment i.e. debt/money advice, health improvement, training, skills for life. Employment Specialists also help participants access support through a network of expert specialist organisations.

Your Contributions:

We are looking for a committed and experienced Supported Internship Job Coach to work within the Council’s Employment, Learning and Skills division. Working under the direction of the Supported Internship Team Leader, the successful candidate will provide work related support to individuals participating in the Supported Internship Programme.

A key focus will be to assess and provide support to individuals with a disability or learning difficulty and help the intern develop the skills to perform and learn the work tasks of the Supported Internship through job accurate, efficient and safe guidance. The post holder will also assist with helping the individual acclimatise to their work environment and, in partnership with the tutor, provide support within the learning environment to enable the individual to progress and achieve the identified outcomes.

The successful candidate will be responsible for matching employment and educational opportunities with people's requirements and use job matching skills to determine suitable employment opportunities, including sector based/bespoke opportunities. To perform specific work environment analysis, job analysis, task analysis and job matching activities. Assist with the induction and development of the intern and supervise them on a day-to-day basis as required.

You will act as a key contact within the workplace for participants and employers, which will include undertaking visits to employer premises. To learn the business culture for each organisation and communicate effectively with intern and employer. To support interns to be successful in their employment, provide an appropriate level of support and guidance in the workplace as agreed by the project team, which may involve provision of on-the-job training in workplace settings for individuals or groups.

You will be required to keep accurate and timely records of job coaching support provided, which may be in electronic format and, where necessary, paper based. To competently use the in-house Customer Relationship Management system (CRM).

Our Offer:

Aside from working with a great team, our employees have access to a fantastic range of benefits, including:

• Competitive salary

• A generous annual holiday allowance starting at 26 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 Mellanie Lythall-Brennan (mellanie.lythall-brennan@halton.gov.uk).

Interviews will take place on WC 13th August

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!