Social Care Programme Management Improvement Lead - Children in Care

Our Story:

Halton is a vibrant local authority with a rich history and heritage, featuring three 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:

We are seeking an experienced and motivated Programme Management Lead to drive the strategic improvement of services for Children in Care across Halton.

In this key leadership role, you will oversee the delivery of complex improvement programmes, working closely with senior leaders, partners, and stakeholders to implement the Children in Care Priority Action Plan and other strategic social care initiatives. You will support the Strategic Improvement Board, working alongside the Head of Service for Children in Care and the Director of Social Care to deliver lasting service improvements.

You will lead high-quality programmes that are delivered on time and within budget, ensuring effective collaboration, stakeholder engagement, and meaningful co-production with children, young people, families, and carers. By driving evidence-based, sustainable change, you will help improve outcomes for children in care, strengthen partnership working, and support a more integrated and financially sustainable social care system.

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 Sharon Hawkins- 01515113834.

Interviews will take place on 20th July in the afternoon, in the Municipal Building, Widnes.

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!