Do it for the children and young people in our care to flourish and thrive in life
Working for the Children’s Social Care team, we believe that children and young people in Devon should have the best possible start in life and the opportunity to thrive. We are committed to working with children and young people to ensure their safety and protect them from harm; whilst working restoratively to achieve the best outcomes for the whole family.
Our Restorative Approach means we believe that children and young people are best growing up within a family environment. Therefore, we work collaboratively with families to support them in developing their own solutions. So they can work together for a better future.
Our values and ways of working
In Children’s Social Care, you will work in an environment that places the child and family at the centre of everything we do, involving them in decision-making and empowering families to care well for their children. We are embedding these restorative values throughout our processes, focussing on developing good relationships and enabling high levels of support and challenge to secure favourable life chances for our children.
Our values also guide our relationships with each other and our partners, ensuring that our services for children are the best they can be. Our social workers consistently tell us the training available from the Devon Children’s Social Care Academy is highly beneficial, and they feel supported and well-supervised by their managers. Come and find out for yourself what Devon Children’s Services can offer you to fulfil your ambitions. We look forward to welcoming you to Devon and seeing your career flourish.
We asked children and young people around Devon to tell us what from those working with them in Children’s Social care, take a look at our top ten tips.
Careers in Children’s Social Care
Family practitioner
Family practitioners work directly with children, young people and families, carrying out frequent home and community visits to families who have come to the attention of social work teams.
Personal advisor
Personal advisors work closely with care experienced young people between 16 to 25 responding to their needs with a range of practical, personal, social and financial support.
Experienced social worker
Social workers are at the heart of what we do. In Devon, we’re committed to providing the support, training and development you need to continue to improve your professional practice as a social worker.
Advanced social worker
Advanced social workers (ASW), provide professional leadership and supervision to social work colleagues, supporting the team manager with day-to-day operations and contributing to effective and efficient services.
Team manager
Our frontline management roles make a critical contribution to the improvements we are making in Devon, by supporting our social workers to do their very best for children and families in Devon.
Service manager
Our service managers provide inspirational, inclusive and engaging operational management in delivering key statutory services.
Train to be a social worker
The Devon Children’s Social Care Academy (the Academy) provides a number of specialised training programmes to help people train to become tomorrow’s social workers. Programmes include:
- Assessed and Supported Year in Employment (ASYE) programme
- Approach to Social Work
- Return to Social Work Practice (RSWP)
- Apprenticeships- Degree/PGDip
- Overseas Transition programme
