Why Sefton?

Why Sefton ? 

You could work anywhere in the world...So Why choose Sefton? 

In Sefton we pride ourselves on our dedication to both our Sefton residents and our staff teams, they are our greatest asset. 

We work hard to offer a supportive and dynamic work environment where your contributions truly make a difference. We are committed to fostering a culture of inclusivity, innovation, and continuous improvement. By joining Sefton Council, you will be part of a dedicated and growing team that is passionate about serving the community and driving positive meaningful change.

Together, we can create a brighter future for everyone in Sefton.

See our current Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council vacancies here

We Care

We pride ourselves on being an open, co-operative Council that is absolutely committed to placing Sefton residents at the heart of all we do. There is an energy in Adult Social Care Sefton that reflects our commitment to delivering the very best service to the people who live here. Like all Councils we have our challenges, but we are meeting these challenges head on with our dedicated, creative, and passionate colleagues.

People who work in Local Government are driven by more than financial motivation, they have a drive to make a difference in local communities and put their talents to use to help people around them.

We innovate

We are not afraid of trying new things, innovating and learning to improve things for whose who need our support. We are currently working with Partners4Change to run innovation sites to create a more person centered approach within our Social Work teams - cutting paper work and driving more person centered outcomes.

Our development team are exploring Artificial intelligence aiming to support all our busy teams to improve our quality of information, making content more accessible and reducing time completing admin tasks - freeing up more time to support our community. 

We are leading the way with our Technology enabled care offer, always searching for new technology to improve peoples lives and support their independence. 

Technology Enabled Care webpages 

Our Director of Adult Social Care, Deborah, has undertaken a Special Dual job role as both Head of the Integrated Care Board along side her Adult Social Care Director post - providing a stream line integrated working environment. CQC recognise this as the "Gold Standard" of integrated services in Adult Social Care. 

We go above and beyond

In a 2024 Adult Social Care staff survey, overall 94% of all respondents said they are happy to go the extra mile at work when required.

Imagine knowing that your efforts, diligence, and energy are making a real difference in the lives of others! Every day, we strive to create a better environment for our community and our passion for this cause is unparalleled.

We support each other

• 74% of Adult Social Care staff said that employee engagement is positive

• 81% of Adult Social Care staff said that they have regular (at least monthly) one-to-one meetings with their line manager

• 78% of Adult Social Care staff said that their line manager gives them regular and constructive feedback on their performance 

In Sefton we are proud to have both a dedicated Principle Occupational Therapist and a Principle Social Worker to drive quality practice, promote change, provide key over sight of services as well as effective support to front line teams. 

We are passionate and Successful

Overall 91% of all respondents said they are committed to helping Sefton Council be successful. 

In Sefton we have high aspirations for all employees. We recognise that our people truly are our greatest asset and understand that we need to support them to enable them to do the best job possible. We are committed to getting the best out of everyone and know that this is easier if they are happy in their work; feel valued and their voices heard. We want everyone to have opportunities to develop and to be able to achieve a good work-life balance

We invest in people

• 93% of Adult Social Care staff said that they have have had a Professional Development Review in the last 12 months
• 54% of Adult Social Care staff said that felt that their PDR helps them to understand how they contribute to the priorities of the Council

All staff complete a one to one professional development review annually with their line manager. This information is then reviewed by our dedicated training and development team who then complete a training analysis , working to sure up the work force, support those who want to develop and make sure that we have a great skills mix across the board to support those within our communities. 

We listen

We conduct regular internal staff surveys , as a response to those findings all staff part take in a twice yearly "we are listening" session to talk about how we have taken all the feedback and put it into action. 

In response to feedback from those who access our support, we created a bespoke Learning Disability Social Work team - this team has key experience and additional training on how to best support those with Autism and Learning disabilities to make sure they receive the best service possible.

At Sefton ASC we work hard to listen to the views of our community and often produce surveys and feedback processes to make sure we are hearing peoples voices and learning.

Our Workforce offer 

Read our full Adult Social Care Workforce Offer 2023-2026

Sefton Workforce Offer- Simple 2 page Summary 2023-2026

See our current Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council vacancies here

Please note : All statistics from Annual 2024 Adult Social Care Feedback Survey had a response rate of 44% of the 396 ASC staff invited responded.