Specialist Advisor for Communication and Interaction

Job Introduction

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 Specialist Teaching and Advisory Service (STAS) has a team of specialist advisors with experience and qualifications in the areas of Speech, Language and Communication (Including Autism), Complex Physical/Medical Needs and Cognition and Learning. We work in settings across Halton providing outreach support and advice in the form of consortiums, training and modelling and support to staff. We work closely with the Educational Psychology Service and are part of the wider SEND Team.

Hours:

37 hours per week in accordance with the Flexible Working Scheme.

Your Contributions:

As a Specialist Advisor for Communication and Interaction, you will support education settings to identify their needs and provide advice and strategies on SEND need management and reasonable adjustments for inclusion, as well as delivering training.

You will facilitate the inclusion of children with a range of communication difficulties (including autism/social communication) across 0-16 years, supporting them to ensure they achieve their full potential. You will also work in partnership with parents, carers, colleagues in the local authority, health services and schools/settings to offer support and advice on inclusion.

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

Car leasing schemes

Essential Car User Allowance

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 Stacey Holleran on 0151 511 6061 stacey.holleran@halton.gov.uk

Interviews will take place on date TBC.

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!