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:
We have an exciting opportunity for x6 Education Support Practitioners to join our Virtual School and Early Help Team
Our Team work closely with partners, young people and their families to create, implement and review support plans which meet their assessed needs. Acting as Educational Support Professionals, where appropriate, colleagues determine what additional needs families may have and prevent these needs from escalating wherever possible. .
The post will be based in our Family Hubs in Runcorn and Widnes.
Please be aware that the successful applicants will be required to travel between sites and local schools.
Hours: 37 per week Monday – Friday. Please be aware that successful applicants may be required to attended meetings outside standard working hours
Temporary for 12 months - Grant Funded
About the Role
As an Education Support Practitioner, you will work closely with schools, families, and partner agencies to identify and address barriers to learning and wellbeing. Your role will be to provide timely, targeted support that helps children and young people stay engaged in education and achieve positive outcomes.
Key Responsibilities
You will:
- Work directly with children, young people, and families to assess needs and develop support plans.
- Provide one-to-one and group interventions to address issues such as attendance, behaviour, emotional wellbeing, and family challenges.
- Liaise with schools, social care, health services, and other partners to coordinate support.
- Monitor progress and review outcomes to ensure effective support is in place.
- Promote safeguarding and ensure all work is in line with child protection policies.
Your Contributions:
Are you passionate about making a difference to the lives of children and families? Do you have the skills to provide early intervention and support to help young people thrive in education? If so, we’d love to hear from you!
We are looking for someone who has:
- Experience working with children, young people, and families in an educational or community setting.
- Strong understanding of early help, safeguarding, and multi-agency working.
- Excellent communication, interpersonal, and organisational skills.
- It is essential that you have an NVQ L2 or above, or relevant experience of working with children, young people and families, as well as a minimum of 3 GCSE or equivalent at grade C or above. This must include maths and English or you must be able to demonstrate the appropriate level of skills or experience. or you must be able to demonstrate the appropriate level of skills or experience.
As this role involves regular travel across the borough and sometimes further afield, a driving license and access to a vehicle are essential requirements. Where appropriate, reasonable adjustments will be made in accordance with the provisions of the Equality Act.
- 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 [email protected]
Interviews will take place W/C 22/09/2025
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 – [email protected]
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!
