Family Group Decision Making Manager in Widnes

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

You\’ll be joining a supportive team that values collaboration, reflection, and shared learning. The team works flexibly across local communities, meeting families where they are to build meaningful relationships and achieve the best outcomes for children. As the role involves travel within the community, a car user allowance is provided to support the delivery of this vital, family‑focused service.

Hours

37 per week

Your Contributions

As our Family Group Decision Making Team Manager, you\’ll lead the design, development, and delivery of Halton\’s Family Group Decision Making service. You\’ll inspire and guide a skilled team to deliver high‑quality, timely Family Group Conferences and Family Network Meetings that prioritise children\’s needs and families\’ voices. With strong experience in children\’s social care, restorative practice, and FGDM delivery, you will demonstrate excellent leadership, communication, and organisational skills, driving a clear vision for family‑led planning that reduces risk, builds resilience, and keeps families together.

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 Matthew Browne – Matthew.Browne@halton.gov.uk.

Interviews are expected to take place week commencing 8th December 2025.

Diversity and Inclusion

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.

Job Profile

Please refer to the attached Job Profile for further information about the role and our values.

Closing Notice

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.

Salary range

• £47,181 – £50,269 per year

We look forward to receiving your application!