Practice Manager

Our Team:

Do you want to be part of a dynamic team providing support to Adult Social Care Teams and Senior Management?  Being a part of the Policy, Performance and Customer Care Team could be for you.

This is a Temporary, fixed term post until 30^th November 2025

To assist the Principal Manager in providing specialist advice, expertise, service planning and service improvement related initiatives throughout adult social care and its partnerships.  Supervise, support and advise the Policy, Performance and Customer Care team, and contribute to the management, delivery and operation of a range of measurably high quality, cost effective services

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’. 

Your Contributions:

You should have knowledge and experience in policy, performance and customer care.You should have a working knowledge of current developments in the health and social care landscape.

Preparing and presenting reports to a variety of audinces is a key function of this role. You will need the ability to work to tight deadlines and priortise yours and others workload effectively. You will also have experience of managing staff within this role. 

You will be self-motivated, with excellent communication and organisational skills and have the ability to translate complex information into workable procedures, as well as being able to manage multiple projects and develop sound working relationships.

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
• Car user allowance
• 3 x Salary Life Cover via Local Government Pension Scheme
• Investment in your personal development
• Free Car Parking at HBC sites
• Flexible working arrangements
• Car leasing schemes

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 discussion about this post, please contact Suzanne Salaman, Principal Manager on 0151 511 8694

We encourage all applicants to submit their applications as soon as possible as recruitment for this vacancy will be taking place throughout the duration of the advert.

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!