Bexley Careers

14/07/2016

The quality of management and leadership affects the quality of work with families. Reform has to target the whole organisation- Professor Eileen Munro, July 2016

Are you interested in taking part in a practice and leadership seminar with Eileen Munro and Jacky Tiotto? The London Borough of Bexley is hosting the event on 22 September 2016 at Bexley Civic Offices.
Drawing on the lessons from implementing Signs of Safety as the organisational framework, Eileen and Jacky will discuss what is going well, what is worrying them and what needs to change. While there are worrying factors in the wider economic and political context, this is a major opportunity for improving Children’s Social Care and transforming the quality of help children and young people receive.

The seminar will be an interactive Chatham House session for first and second line managers and for social workers who may be considering a first step into senior practice.
If you are interested, please register by e mailing your details to P&[email protected] by no later than 7th September.

Places are limited and by personal invitation. We will contact you directly via email if you are successful in securing a place at the seminar.

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12/06/2015

A huge thank you to everyone who came to our Recruitment Open Day for Social Work Professionals yesterday. We hope that you enjoyed the event and found it helpful and informative - we felt it had a real buzz and are delighted so many people are interested in working for Bexley.

Don't forget to look at and apply for our vacancies at www.bexley.gov.uk/jobs (search on vacancy group “Social Work”; “Social Work Children’s”; “Social Work Adults” or “Family/Youth Services”). You can also find further information about both our Children’s Services and Adults Social Care Services at www.bexley.gov.uk/careers.

10/06/2015

COME AND VISIT US TOMORROW AT OUR RECRUITMENT OPEN DAY FOR SOCIAL WORK PROFESSIONALS, 2PM-7PM, CIVIC OFFICES BEXLEYHEATH

The London Borough of Bexley is proud of its achievements in both Children's and Adult Social Care Services and we invite you to visit and hear what we can offer.

You’ll see our outstanding offices which offer the best workspace and facilities to support you and have a chance to talk to our staff about why you should work in Bexley. You’ll hear from Children’s and Adult Services leads about our vision to achieve the best for our service users, our commitment to your development with clear pathways to a successful career and have an opportunity to meet staff from a range of teams to talk about their experience of working in Bexley.

Our Deputy Directors will provide hourly talks from 2.30pm and hourly tours of our building will also be taking place.

We’re in the south-east of London, with regular trains and excellent access by road.

We’re so sure that you’ll like what you see and hear that we’ll pay your expenses to come and visit and provide refreshments. Please register by email on [email protected] and let us know what time you anticipate arriving or just turn up at our offices at 2 Watling Street, Bexleyheath, DA6 7AT (last entry at 6.00 pm).

If you can’t make this day but would like to visit, please email us too – we will be happy to arrange for you to visit and hear what we can offer.

See www.bexleycareers.co.uk for more details.

11/05/2015

Bexley’s Children’s Services Team are at Community Care Live 2015 in Birmingham on 12th & 13th May at The International Convention Centre.

So if you’re an experienced Social Work Professional or a newly qualified Social Worker and you’re interested in finding out more about working for London Borough of Bexley please come and talk to us at Stand 6 between 9.00 am and 5.30 pm.

http://www.communitycare.co.uk/community-care-live-birmingh…

16/03/2015

David's been within Bexley care since he was 3. He's now on the Children In Care committee. Find out more http://bit.ly/17goNa

09/03/2015

"I love the buzz you get from duty..." Stephanie is a Social Work Assistant in the Children & Families Duty Team. See more here http://bit.ly/1EoxKto

03/03/2015

Are you an experienced Social Worker? We have a number of roles in our Children's Services that close on Sunday 8th March. Visit http://bit.ly/17gkoEM for more details and to apply.

20/02/2015

Remember that you can also keep up to date on all of our opportunities in Children's Social Care Services on our Twitter Feed too http://bit.ly/1vWkjlq

18/02/2015

Have you heard about our Thriving Families Service? Take a look at what we're aiming to do here.

10/02/2015

We're family focussed. It's best for children to be brought up in their family environment where this is possible, considering their safety and wellbeing as paramount.

Our Practice will focus on involving and supporting the entire family where possible, including fathers and/or extended family to address issues of abuse or neglect.

The term ‘family’ is used in the broader context of immediate family, extended family and connected people. Visit http://bit.ly/1zAcc for more information on our Practice Model.

We are serious about getting ‘back to basics’, working with core principles that always put the child first. Our practice model is a framework that explicitly outlines how staff members are expected to work towards delivering that goal. It is at the heart of how we aim to achieve improved outcomes f…