Gloucestershire County Council
Children’s Social Care:
Gloucestershire Children’s services aims to work together to support families and communities to give every child the best chance of a happy and rewarding life, especially those who need more help.
Right child, right support, right time, every time
For those looking for a future in public service and Children’s Social Care in particular, Gloucestershire offers a myriad of opportunities to start or develop your career, supported by a phenomenal Social Work Academy offer, a developing systemic practice methodology, an ambitious leadership team and an award-winning workforce. Our Children’s Services are improving. Our latest Ofsted inspection (February 2022) identified that:
‘Significant progress has been made in many areas of Gloucestershire’s children’s services… significant financial investment, and the backing of political leaders, has led to improved services that are now more effective in meeting the needs of children and families.’
We are a local authority adopting, and training all colleagues in, systemic social work practice. If you would like to join an authority that takes a relational approach to working with families and focuses on what needs to change in the system around a child and family to enable children to thrive, then consider this role with GCC.
Adult Social Care:
Gloucestershire Adult Social Care (ASC) services vision for the people we work with is that we want everyone who comes into contact with ASC to lead full and active lives where they are supported to be independent as far as they can be. We want people to have choice and control over the services and support they receive and have access to services that use resources creatively. Working together with residents, we reflect what matters most to them, to improve the quality of life for everyone.
To help us to achieve our vision we focus on making ASC a place where our colleagues want to work and feel supported to deliver quality practice so they can focus on people first. In Gloucestershire ASC we are passionate about supporting our colleagues to develop as we want to see them progress to their full potential.
For this to happen we offer training and development opportunities and clear career pathways for social care professionals, social workers and managers. We offer an excellent career, training and development opportunities alongside a competitive reward package, flexible working, and colleague benefits.
To learn more about us and our people, please visit our Adult Social Care website https://www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/ascrecruitment or email ASCrecruitment@gloucestershire.gov.uk.