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Welcome

Thank you for your interest in applying for a social work post with Barnsley Children’s Services.

We're incredibly proud of the work our social workers do. We're committed to offering you the support and development you need to succeed in your role and your career.

Our leaders and managers are focussed on ensuring our working environment is one of collective learning and high support. We strive to deliver 'even better' services and outcomes for children and families in the borough.

It’s an exciting time to join us in Barnsley. You can find out why by listening to the BBC podcast about why Barnsley town centre is booming.

We hope you'll progress your interest to join our amazing team!

Carly Speechley

Carly Speechley
Executive Director - Children’s Services

      

      

Council of the year - LGC Award winner 2023 and MJ Acheivement awards 2023

About us

We prioritise Children's Services here in Barnsley. We want every child in our borough to achieve their full potential. We want them to be safe and be happy.

We're an Ofsted rated 'Good' authority and we aspire to deliver even better services. Children and their families at the centre of all that we do.

We really value the work our social workers do. Therefore we've created more posts to support them in the work they do.

Find a role and apply

Barnsley Children’s Services Stronger Together practice model

Here in Barnsley we're committed to working in partnership with children, their families and wider network. This is underpinned by our Stronger Together practice model, which is a strengths and relational based approach. Our model consists of interventions, methods and tools that support children’s services practitioners in their work with children and their families to improve outcomes, thrive and inspire.

Our guiding principles support us to work in collaboration with children and their families, and we’re proud to deliver our stronger together approach.

Take a look at our practice model.

Why join us?

We're looking to recruit enthusiastic, restorative and committed professional social workers at all levels to join our workforce.

We support children and young people to be the best they can be. We're also committed to achieve the very best outcomes for them.

If you're also committed to the highest standards of social work practice. Looking to achieve better outcomes for children, young people and families, we want to hear from you!

Learn why you should join us

Our teams

We have several children and young people teams who are mainly responsible for our work under the:

  • child in need framework
  • child protection framework
  • public law outline framework

All of our teams are located together. This enables our social workers to have access to team managers and advanced practitioners for any support they need during the day.

Find out about our teams

Training and development

We'll support you throughout your career with us:

  • We’re committed to continuous professional development and passionate about progression.
  • We offer regular, high quality, reflective case supervisions.
  • We have regular supervisions to discuss your general wellbeing and training needs.

As part of our dedicated offer, we've developed our Practice Development Hub which brings together a range of training, support, and guidance available to all our social workers.

Find out about the Hub