Total 29 job vacancies by Cheshire West and Chester

The Licensing Team within Cheshire West and Chester Council are looking for a permanent full time Licensing Process Officer. The team processes a wide range of licensing applications including taxis and private hire, alcohol/gambling premises, street trading and other general licensing and registration matters.

The Team embraces flexible and mobile working. They primarily operate from Ellesmere Port. There is very occasional requirement to work in other offices by arrangement.

The successful candidate will be confident, have excellent communication (online/email/phone and face to face) and organisational skills and be able demonstrate use of complex data systems with an eye for detail and accuracy.

For more information contact Allison Allison.Jackson@cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk

Interviews are planned for the week commencing 18/11/2024

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We are recruiting Environmental Protection Specialists within the proactive Environmental Protection Team. We have both full-time and part-time opportunities. You will be an integral part of a team which includes specialists in air quality, contaminated land, noise and environmental permitting. If you want to be a part of our values driven service and are passionate about being part of a team that can make a real difference for the community and the environment, we’re interested in hearing from you. We offer a great work life balance and will consider requests to work part-time from 14.8 hours per week upwards with flexible and mobile working.

The Environmental Protection Team are responsible for protecting public health by assessing and improving air quality, identifying and remediating contaminated land, reducing noise and regulating industrial premises. As a member of this team you will be responsible for ensuring the Council implements and meets its statutory duties. You will ensure that new development within the borough complies with relevant best practice. You will liaise closely with the Planning Team and other internal departments as well as outside agencies such as the Environment Agency and UKHSA.

This is a hybrid post which means working in one of our Council offices in locations across the borough, completing visits around the borough plus the opportunity to work from home. As well as offering a good work life balance with and a flexible mobile working, we will help you develop and progress your career through training, experience and development opportunities.

About You

You are a positive, dynamic and results-focused individual with a firm belief in protecting and improving the environment and the health and quality of life for residents. You will have:

a degree or diploma in either Environmental Sciences, Air Quality, Acoustics or related environmental subject.
experience of working in environmental protection, either within the public sector or a commercial setting.
experience in reviewing and analysing specialist environmental reports and effectively communicating the findings to relevant parties.
awareness of the importance of multi-disciplinary working and an integrated team approach.
the ability to cope positively with change and an ability to promote positive change to make a difference.
a full driving license.
About Us

Cheshire West and Chester is a modern and flexible borough council which strives to provide high quality services for its customers and communities. Our core values of Teamwork, Honesty, Respect, Innovation, Value for Money, and Empowerment lie at the heart of the authority, promoting a place where everyone can thrive. As the fourth largest unitary authority in the North West, we have real strengths, great ambition, and many opportunities ahead.

We offer:

a competitive salary
a generous holiday allowance starting at 26 days pro rata (plus bank holidays) increasing with length of service to 31 days and the ability to purchase additional leave.
an excellent career average pension scheme.
training and development.
a supportive team and culture.
an opportunity to purchase up to 10 days additional annual leave.
PLEASE NOTE – Our CW&C job descriptions and person specifications are generic with specific role needs being outlined in the advert. Please address the specific needs referred to above in any application.

For an informal discussion about this role please contact Martin Doyle on 07824 823010.

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Cheshire West and Chester Council has a vacancy for a Financial Assessment Debt Review Officer within their Client Finance Team. This permanent role would suit an experienced, motivated, and passionate financial assessment officer and will involve working alongside recovery officers to develop more effective processes to prevent debt, due to non-payment of social care charges occurring by addressing non-payment at an early stage. This role does involve visiting people in their own homes so having a full driving licence and access to a vehicle is essential for this role
The Client Finance Team provides the financial expertise to undertake means tested financial assessment outcomes to residents who receive social care support. These roles sit alongside our financial assessment and debt management officers, to review financial assessment outcomes to:

Prevent financially vulnerable residents falling into problem debt by identifying and supporting them at an early stage.
Consistently resolve non-payment of care invoices to agreed standards.
Assist in the enforced recovery where proportionate and appropriate.
Identify opportunities to resolve debt more efficiently and effectively.
You will have:

experience of working within an administrative discipline and have data analysis and report writing skills.
the ability to work calmly under pressure and manage multiple processes at any one time.
a proven track record of providing means tested financial assessment outcomes in a fast paced and pressurised environment.
Excellent customer service skills and have experience of visiting people in their own homes.
Come and join us, working in an authority that has an excellent reputation, great working culture, and offers a comprehensive package of employee benefits through its Working Rewards Scheme. Please see www.cwcrecruitment.co.uk for more information about living and working in Cheshire West and Chester and to register your interest for the position.

No candidate will meet every single requirement - if your experience looks a little different from what we've identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we'd love to learn more about you!



Contact Details:

Theresa Thorpe, Senior Officer, Client Finance, 01244 972882

Email: Theresa.Thorpe@cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk

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An exciting opportunity for an experienced and proactive individual to join our team as an ERP Functional Support Senior Officer. The role is to be part of an essential team responsible for ensuring the effective operational delivery of the councils ERP system as part of a transactional shared service on behalf of both Cheshire West and Chester and Cheshire East Councils.
This role is to provide maternity cover as a senior officer responsible for supporting the councils ERP system, Unit4, with a particular focus on payroll processes and configuration. The ideal candidate will have a functional configuration background ideally in Unit4 but other similar roles and experience would be desirable. They must also have a history of working in system administration providing support for system defects and configuration changes. Experience and knowledge of transactional, finance and/or payroll processes is essential as well as experience of configuration management and testing.

In the role you will be part of a functional support team co-ordinating the completion of a range of sys admin responsibilities as well as daily activities relating to support desk and issue resolution. You will also undertake system corrections and improvements to ensure efficient and effective processing within the councils Enterprise Resource Planning application, Unit4. Knowledge of the Unit4 application would be desirable as would experience in a similar system or position.

Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

Provide frontline support for Unit4 system administration and functional configuration.
Maintenance and administration of system settings and attributes.
Co-ordinate delivery of incident testing and resolution.
Monitoring system performance and resolving/supporting defect calls.
Supporting the implementation of system maintenance updates and investigating/troubleshooting errors that may arise.
This role would suit someone with IT experience in ERP applications and knowledge of Microsoft Office. The role requires excellent communication skills and an ability to interpret and present data in a meaningful way. A pro-active and positive attitude with the ability to manage priorities effectively within a fast-paced environment is key.

An understanding of finance and payroll processes is vital to support team members in creating a positive and effective working environment and maintain customer relationships. Proven experience of analysing and documenting complex business processes and configuration management to ensure procedures are effective and completed successfully is also required.

This is a hybrid post which means working in one of our modern ‘Hub’ style offices in locations across the borough as well as the opportunity to work from home where suitable. The benefits of working for the Council go well beyond making a difference to people’s lives, as well as working within a supportive environment with people who share your values you will have access to a range of benefits.

For an informal discussion about the role contact Emma Lawton Emma.Lawton2@cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk

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The SEN Team are seeking to recruit one full time and one part time Education Health and Care Plan Writers.

The successful candidate will have excellent verbal and communication skills. They will need to demonstrate a thorough knowledge of the relevant legislation, the continuum of need and the ability to gather and analyse information from both families and professionals. Good organisational and time management skills are essential along with a working knowledge of IT. Previous experience of writing and amending EHC plans is desirable.

The post Holder will sit in the (SEN) Special Educational Needs Team in the Peoples Directorate.

This role includes liaising with parents or carers of children with Special Educational Needs and a wide range of partner organisations such as health and social care professionals, education psychologists, special teachers and staff from schools and colleges. The post holder will play a fundamental role in supporting children, young people and families through the Education, Health and Care (EHC) needs assessment process and amendments to EHC plans following an annual review. This requires interpreting reports and advice writing statutory Education, Health and Care Plans (EHC) that are high quality and fully compliant with the Childrens and Families Act.

The SEN Team is located at The Portal building in Ellesmere Port however the role will require the post holder to travel across the authority to attend meetings with children and their families in their educational setting.

For an informal discussion please contact Jon Lear Jonathan.lear@cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk

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To promote, develop, co-ordinate and advise on Council processes for risk management, business continuity and employee personal security. To be a trusted and future focused advisor, ensuring risk management, business continuity and personal security processes are in line with best practice and applied consistently across the Council and its companies.
We are looking to recruit an experienced and motivated Risk, Business Continuity and Security Advisor, with relevant experience, ideally in the public sector. This is an exciting opportunity to join a well-established and progressive team who provide valued advice and guidance, supporting innovation and the delivery of excellent services in an ever-changing modern world, whilst supporting the Council to remain safe, well-managed and ethical.

You will play a key role in delivering significant changes in how risk, business continuity and security is managed across the Council, ensuring appropriate focus and consideration in everything we do. Bringing experience from previous relevant roles, you will be key to the ensuring Council has:

- A risk management framework that effectively identifies, manages and mitigates strategic and operational risk

- Robust business continuity plans that support an effective response to potential threats to service delivery.

- Security policies and procedures that are robust and help mitigate security risks to staff

The team is also looking at the ways it can transform the way that it works, maximising the use of digital systems and tools, and the opportunities that automation and AI can and will bring. We would welcome applicants who also have a passion for digital, who think innovatively and can encourage others across a team and organisation to be innovative, too.

The successful candidate will have the confidence and ability to work at all levels of the organisation to assess current performance and develop new, improved business processes for the Council, building strong, effective networks and ensuring changes are embedded into ways of working to deliver long-lasting improvement. Most of all, the successful candidate will have a passion for ensuring excellent public services and be motivated to deliver!

To arrange an informal discussion, please email Jim Dean, Senior Manager - Assurance, so that a mutually convenient time can be agreed @ jim.dean@cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk

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It is important to us that we have a diverse workforce, representative of the communities we work for. We strive to create a working environment where everyone has a sense of belonging and can be the best they can be. We’re always looking to improve our diversity within our teams and services, so we would welcome applications from underrepresented groups.

We are a Forces Friendly employer, and an Armed Forces Covenant committed organisation. We welcome applications from defence reserves and other members of our armed forces community.

Please contact: cheryl.waterhouse@cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk

Information about the apprenticeship standard & End Point Assessment please follow link Business administrator / Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education

For further information about Apprenticeships at Cheshire West and Chester Council click here

We may close this job when a suitable number of applications have been received.

Please note that this Apprenticeship is subject to your eligibility to undertake this Apprenticeship Programme. This will be checked by our training provider partner.

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An exciting opportunity has arisen in the SEN Team for a SEN Caseworker.

The post holder will provide business and administrative support relating to statutory functions and delivery of effective services for children and young people with an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) and their families.

Interviews for this role will take place on Wednesday 9th October 2024.
Applications are invited from highly motivated, enthusiastic and hardworking individuals who are experienced administrators with excellent communications and IT skills. You must be knowledgeable and skilled in finance, administration and have experience of dealing with complex data, maintaining databases and management software.

Knowledge of current SEN matters and legalisation would be advantageous or previous experience working in a Local Authority SEN Team.

In return we can offer you experience of working in a dynamic, supportive team; for an authority that has excellent reputation that offers a comprehensive package of employee benefits through its Working Rewards Scheme.

The successful candidate will be required to work from an office in Ellesmere Port for 1 day per week on a Tuesday. All other working days are remote home based.

For an informal discussion about this position please contact Anna Lewis (anna.lewis@cheshirewest.gov.uk), SEN Casework Co-ordinator.

Interviews for this role will take place on Wednesday 9th October 2024.

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Cheshire West and Chester Council are looking to recruit 2 full time Business Support Assistants – SEN Communications School and Family Liaison as part of the Special Educational Needs Team.

We are looking for candidates with experienced in customer service to help and support families to navigate through the SEND system.
The role requires a confident individual with excellent communication and organisational skills. You will provide communication support by answering a frontline telephone number.

You must be able to convey information to people clearly and simply, adapt yourself to new and different situations with each call, compromise to reach agreement, and at times have difficult conversations with ease. Proficient use of a wide range of software packages such as Microsoft Teams and Outlook is essential.

Knowledge of current SEN matters and legalisation would be advantageous.

For an informal discussion about this position please contact Stuart Peach, Communication Officer via email - stuart.peach@cheshirewest.gov.uk

Interviews have been provisionally scheduled for 10th October 2024 at The Portal, Ellesmere Port.

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We have a number of fixed term vacancies in our Northwich Supported Living service. In this team we support groups of three or four of people with learning disabilities living in their own shared home within the community.

Each home is different and reflects the needs and personalities of its residents. They are all equipped with everything the team of support workers need to enhance their lives.

Some of the people we support have complex needs and need support with eating, personal care (bathing, toileting and continence) and can display challenging behaviours. Working in this environment you will develop great relationships and life skills as well as developing professionally.

A dedicated group of night staff are on duty overnight with colleagues supporting throughout the day working shifts including early, late and some split shifts. You will enjoy working alongside the people we support promoting their independence fully accessing the community and supporting them at clubs, groups and socialising.

Various Hours available

Salary: £23,151 - £23,893 per year (up to: £12.38 day, £15.48 night/weekend, £18.57 bank holiday)

The job is about supporting people:

With dignity and care to maximise their independence, putting them at the centre of everything you do
Dressing, feeding, personal care (bathing, toileting and continence care), with finances and giving medications
Accessing the community, shopping, clubs, groups, swimming, socialising with family and friends joining in too
Cleaning, cooking, ironing
Keep accurate and up-to-date records and contribute to and follow care plans
Ensure they are safeguarded at all times
And work flexibly as part of a team on early, late and weekends shifts
We are looking for someone who:

Shares our values
Has a commitment to people with learning and other disabilities
Has the ability to learn and develop skills and a commitment to gaining level 2 QCF/NVQ in Social Care (or who already has it)
Willing to undertake personal care and able to undertake manual handing tasks
Able to support people in the community e.g., shopping, swimming, clubs and activities
Reliable, flexible and a team player
And in return

The benefits of working for the Council go well beyond making a difference to people’s lives, as well as working within a supportive environment with people who share your values you will have access to a huge range of benefits including discounts on:

High street and supermarket shopping
Gym membership
Holidays
Days out
Cinemas
Childcare vouchers
Cash back scheme on any medical treatment that you may require via Medicash
Car lease scheme (Brand new fully maintained and insured car for 3 years in return for a fixed monthly payment via salary sacrifice)
Cycle Scheme (Save up to £320 on the cost of a brand-new bike and equipment)
We also offer:

Competitive salary
A generous holiday allowance starting at 26 days pro rata (plus bank holidays) increasing with length of service to 31 days.
An excellent career average pension scheme with employer contributions of 22.3%. (Employer contributions elsewhere are typically 3%)
Opportunity to do additional shifts.
A full induction programme and fully funded ongoing training and support from your very first day
Supported to achieve QCF level 2 Social Care qualification.
The opportunity to develop your skills and career.
Rewards and Recognition for going above and beyond such as additional annual leave and shopping vouchers.
Supportive team
Wide variety of working patterns
Opportunity to purchase up to 10 days additional annual leave
Free DBS checks
Lifestyle Support - our employee assistance programme, which offers free 24/7 confidential assistance, practical information, and emotional support.
Cheshire West and Chester Council are committed to equality and diversity in employment.

The Equality Act 2010 makes it unlawful for employers to discriminate against disabled people and places a duty to make reasonable adjustments to enable the employee to undertake the work. People with disabilities are defined as individuals who have a physical or mental impairment which has a substantial and long-term effect on their ability to carry out normal day to day activities. If you consider yourself to be disabled under this definition, please indicate this on your application. The Council is a Disability Confident employer and will interview all applicants who disclose they have a disability if they meet the essential criteria for the job. If you require any reasonable adjustments as part of the recruitment process, please contact recruitment.

The Council is an Equal Opportunity / Employer and Equal Opportunity Provider. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, nationality, religion or belief, sex, ethnic or national origin, gender, gender reassignment, marital status, sexual orientation, disability, trade union activity, age, social or economic status, political beliefs, or will be disadvantaged by conditions or requirements which cannot be justified. The Council is deeply dedicated to diversity in the workplace.

For an informal discussion please contact recruitment@vivocarechoices.co.uk

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The postholder will be responsible for the assessment of housing need and demand and develop affordable housing policy to guide both the Councils direct housing delivery programme and residential planning permissions.

They will also research modern methods of construction, low-cost home ownership, custom and self-build, community led housing and urban regeneration frameworks to develop appropriate housing delivery mechanisms, to expand the housing offer in the borough in a difficult financial climate, whilst helping to reduce our carbon footprint.

The successful candidate will possess excellent customer service skills, liaise extensively with partners from Housing Associations and developers to Government Departments, estate agents and households seeking affordable housing.
We are seeking a talented individual to become part of a Team within the Strategic Housing Service. The successful candidate will help deliver an exciting project to provide new affordable homes on sites across the Borough.

This will help the Council to deliver our regeneration and growth plans, strengthen the local employment base and attract a wide variety of businesses, not only to provide jobs and accommodation for local people, but also to draw in new households from outside the area by building aspirational housing.

The role will offer variety and an opportunity for the right candidate to make their mark within a diverse and fast-paced environment. Cheshire West and Chester features a rich and varied landscape, with a wide range of urban and rural communities including the main centres of Chester, Ellesmere Port, Northwich and Winsford. The Strategic Housing Programme Team are a small friendly, supportive group who work closely together to develop innovative mechanisms to deliver homes of the right type, quality and cost in the right locations, in line with the current and future needs of the population, to ensure West Cheshire remains an attractive location to live and help ease affordability pressures.

Your main responsibilities will be to assess housing need and demand and develop affordable housing policy to guide both the Councils direct housing delivery programme and residential planning permissions. You will be required to research modern methods of construction, low-cost home ownership, custom and self-build, community led housing and urban regeneration to develop appropriate housing delivery mechanisms, to expand the housing offer in the borough in a difficult financial climate, whilst helping to reduce our carbon footprint.

With excellent customer service skills, you will also be required to liaise extensively with partners from Housing Associations and developers to Government Departments, estate agents and households seeking affordable housing. Educated to at least degree level, you will preferably have some experience of working in the field of housing, planning or regeneration. In return, we will provide training and support, and our innovative ways of working offers high levels of trust and autonomy to make decisions and manage your own workload.

This is a hybrid working role. The Council provides a pleasant working environment in brand new offices in Ellesmere Port, and is committed to flexible and mobile working, ensuring employees are equipped to work from home and promoting a good work/life balance. We also operate a flexi-time system with the opportunity to accrue additional leave.

If you have any further questions about the role please contact Gavin Griffith, Strategic Housing Programme Manager on Gavin.Griffith@cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk or Mob: 07827 877363

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We are looking for a dedicated and highly motivated team player to join our welcoming, experienced, and proactive Hospital Team in Social Services.

The team has an emphasis on an integrated approach, working creatively to achieve positive outcomes, ensuring that care is delivered in a dignified and respectful way. You will work with Social Workers, Occupational Therapists, other Social Care Assessors and partner in the NHS to ensure the most appropriate care and support is in place for a person to leave hospital, and that the most up to date equipment, technology and techniques are being used. You will give information, advice and guidance whilst helping to promote wellbeing and independence and preventing, reducing, or delaying the need for services. When necessary, you will ensure that the people using our services move seamlessly through to other teams whilst recording information using the IT systems in place. Therefore, the ideal candidate will require skills such as having a professional manner, be a skilled communicator, be organised and have prior good computer literacy. You will receive training on specific IT systems used.

Our Social Care Assessors play a critical role in supporting people to develop creative and innovative solutions to meet the outcomes they want to achieve.

Our values are important to all of us, we live and breathe them, and they shape how we work together to create positive environments where both colleagues and people who use our services can be inspired to reach their potential. If you share our values and commitment, then you’re our kind of person.

You will have the opportunity to;

Work in a forward-thinking Council and within teams that have clear, shared values
Work with local people to understand their care and support needs and help to identify options available to them.
Be pivotal to ensuring people are connected to the support services and community assets they need to live great lives.
Receive great support from our proactive and knowledgeable management team.
Develop and progress in your career through training and development opportunities in a variety of pathways, including the opportunity to train as a Social Worker through our fully funded apprenticeship programme.
You will have:

NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social care or equivalent (Desirable).
Be required to undertake an enhanced DBS plus Adults Barred List (Essential).
Experience of working with vulnerable people and their carers.
Ability to communicate effectively with customers, carers and families.
Awareness of importance of multi-disciplinary working and an integrated approach.
Problem solver with good planning and organisational skills.
Ability to relate to other disciplines in a sensitive and professional manner.
Some knowledge of assessment and support planning within legislation.
Ability to cope positively with change and an ability to promote positive changes to make a difference.
You are confident, energetic and enthusiastic as well as sensitive and resilient.
Self-motivating individual with the passion to make a difference in adult social care.
Resilient personal stress management.
This is a hybrid role where you will be based at our offices across the borough as well as the opportunity to work at other locations, complete visits and work from home.

Come and join us, working in an authority that has an excellent reputation, great working culture and is an inclusive and dynamic place to work. We consider our workforce to be of high value, placing wellbeing at the forefront. The benefits of working for the Council go well beyond making a difference to people’s lives, as well as working within a supportive environment with people who share your values you will have access to a huge range of benefits including discounts on:

High street and supermarket shopping
Gym membership
Holidays
Days out
Cinemas
Childcare vouchers
Cash back scheme on any medical treatment that you may require via Medicash
Car lease scheme (Brand new fully maintained and insured car for 3 years in return for a fixed monthly payment via salary sacrifice)
Cycle Scheme (Save up to £320 on the cost of a brand-new bike and equipment)
We also offer:

Competitive salary
A generous holiday allowance starting at 26 days pro rata (plus bank holidays) increasing with length of service to 31 days and the ability to purchase additional leave.
An excellent career average pension scheme with employer contributions of 22.3%. (Employer contributions elsewhere are typically 3%)
The opportunity to develop your skills and career
Rewards and Recognition for going above and beyond such as additional annual leave and shopping vouchers
Supportive team and culture
Opportunity to purchase up to 10 days additional annual leave
An Employee Assistance Programme, which offers free 24/7 confidential assistance, practical information, and emotional support.
For further information please contact ascrecruitment@cheshirewest.gov.uk.

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We are looking for a motivated and inspiring individual to lead the finance business partnering function across our Children and Families directorates. Leading a team of 11, you will have the opportunity to make a real impact in ensuring the delivery of our Medium-Term Financial Strategy.
The role

As our Senior Manager for Children’s Finance, you will be responsible for overall financial management and business partnering support for a gross budget of £335m (including DSG) across the following service areas –

Children’s Social Care
Early Help & Prevention
Education & Inclusion
The postholder will lead a team of staff with responsibility for providing a wide range of financial services, including the provision of specialist and strategic advice and information and support to key transformation programmes, using a business partnering approach. The role will involve working in close partnership with the Children’s Services Leadership team, Senior Finance Officers, Schools and Members.

It is a hugely exciting time to take on responsibility for the financial management of the Children & Families function, with a number of significant transformation programmes underway to deliver as part of our 2024-28 MTFS.

The candidate

You will be a CCAB Qualified Accountant with extensive finance business partnering experience at a local authority or similar, with Children’s Service experience being highly beneficial. We are looking for a passionate and resilient manager, who can build strong working relationships across finance, children’s services and external partners in order to deliver results and ensure the financial sustainability of children’s services. You should be a highly motivated individual with a can-do attitude, committed to achieving a high level of customer satisfaction and making a real and demonstrable difference to the Council’s business and residents.

In return you will be playing your part to make a difference to our colleague experience at a high performing Council. You will also receive 26 days annual leave plus bank holidays, rising to 31 days annual leave plus bank holidays after 5 years’ service, the ability to work flexibly, and have access to a range of benefits in terms of reward, wellbeing, and development.

Location: Agile Worker – working from home with occasional travel to workspaces across the Borough of Cheshire West and Chester.

To arrange an informal discussion about the role, please contact Rachel Ridgway, Head of Health & Wellbeing Finance on rachel.ridgway@cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk or alternatively if you receive an out of office please contact Anna Jones, Head of Financial Management on anna.jones@cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk

Interviews are likely to be held week commencing 9th September 2024.

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Cheshire West and Chester Council have an exciting opportunity for 12 Driver/Attendants working 35 hours per week to join a busy in-house Passenger Fleet Transport Team.
What are we looking for?

An experienced professional driver with D1 classification on their clean license.

A driver who has driving experience of minibus/passenger type vehicles.

Ideally you will have relevant driving training and be willing to undertake further training required to deliver the role to a high standard.

You should be able to work well as part of a team of drivers and assistants.

You should have experience of operating a tail lift and safety equipment used to secure wheelchairs for travel.

It would be beneficial if you have experience in customer care, ideally working with vulnerable people or in a school or health care setting.

You will need to demonstrate good communication skills.

A flexible approach to working hours is required which can vary due to operational requirements.

For an informal discussion regarding this post, please contact Mark Booth 07824 4550500.

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Here at Cheshire West and Chester Council we are leading the way with an innovative service approach to supporting young people experiencing significant mental health distress. Along with our colleagues at Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, we have developed a first of its kind initiative called ‘The Nook’. 

The Nook aims to support young people transitioning out of Tier 4 mental health provision, prevent admission and readmission to Tier 4 and prevent young people experiencing entry to Local Authority Care.  The scheme will act as a gradual step down from Tier 4 inpatient setting, or a point of stabilisation to prevent escalation of needs, by providing a trauma informed support and intervention setting in a domestic property for a young person aged 12-17. The young person and their family will utilise this service together with wraparound support and intervention from social care and health staff. Targeted, evidence-based interventions with the young person and their family will build skills, resilience, and confidence before they transition, with outreach support, back to their family home.

The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring those young people being provided with support from The Nook receive a robust and needs led approach to their care.  They will have management responsibility for the in and outreach support provided to young people within The Nook property and the family home. They will be responsible for ensuring that collaboration within the partnership works to provide services for young people that are both timely and relevant.

The base for the role will be The Portal, Ellesmere Port. The Nook will form part of the already well-established Intervention Hub which provides services to children and their families with social worker involvement and children supported by child in need, child protection and looked after planning.   As Senior Practice Lead for The Nook, you will be an integral part of the leadership team for the Intervention Hub and will be crucial to quality assurance, service delivery and ensuring there is a multi-agency response to young people accessing the Nook.
Some key responsibilities include:

Management and supervisory responsibility for 8 Family Intervention Workers.
Partnership working with health colleagues to ensure there is clinical oversight gained within the supervisory process to support practice within the service.
Supporting service design as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
Reviewing service performance against agreed indicators and implement and embed changes and developments alongside the Service Manager.
Overseeing the workflow into the team.
Providing direct support to team members with complex workloads, the facilitation of associated meetings and safeguarding responses.
Being a key leader in relation to multi-disciplinary meetings with health colleagues.
Being flexible with the existing practice manager group to support across the service.
Responding to concerns and complaints that may be raised in a courteous and professional way.
Working closely with HR and legal on a number of issues.


As an employee of the local authority, you will have access to range of benefits including:
Competitive salary
Annual leave – you will receive 26 days annual leave per annum rising to 31 days after five years continuous Local Government service.
Grow your own culture – we have a career progression structure to support your professional development.
Working rewards – we have a variety of schemes available to employees which include; additional annual leave, care and cycle purchase scheme, home and electronics purchase scheme in addition to discounts at a wide range of gyms, high street and online retailers.
Pension scheme – our Local Government Pension Scheme is a career average pension scheme with employee contributions of between 5.5% and 8.5% and the employer contribution currently of 23.8%.  the scheme includes ill health and death in service benefits after two years membership.
Employee assistance programme – 24 hours, seven day a week lifestyle support for when you or your family need a listening ear from a qualified advisor on a wide range of personal or work issues.
Modern ‘Hub’ offices – bright positive and collaborative working spaces at 3 locations across the borough.
Staff Networks – we have a wide range of staff networks to help create an inclusive work environment.
As a senior practice lead, you will receive the following additional supports and opportunities:

High quality supervision with your own personal development plan to support your career and learning aspirations.
Supplementary clinical supervision from a health clinical lead to ensure education and training around trauma-based interventions and formulations.
Involvement in the delivery of an innovative initiative in partnership with a multi-disciplinary team.
Support to achieve a work life balance with flexible and remote working arrangements available, including up to date IT equipment and a smart mobile phone.
High quality training and development opportunities.
Experience a working environment with a strong reflective practice framework.
Access to free parking at all our office locations.


Our Children's Social Care workforce is passionate and committed to improving outcomes for children in our Authority by providing a consistent, high quality service to children and families, together with the support from a stable leadership and management team. We are committed to a culture of shared learning and development in which everyone has a part to play to ensure that our services to children and families focusses on positive outcomes. 

If you have any queries about this vacancy, please don't hesitate to contact: carmel.cameron@cheshirewest.gov.uk.

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