London Social Work for Children aims to provide employment and professional development opportunities across London, to both practicing and prospective social workers.
The platform will allow you to explore:
- All the latest job vacancies listed
- Information on all aspects of the career opportunities children’s social work has to offer
- What makes London a great place to live and work
- The latest regional and national social work related news
Purpose
- Regional recruitment campaigns, working collaboratively to ensure current and perspective candidates are able to access the exciting career opportunities in the capital through a single site, no matter what stage in your career.
- Representing the London Social Work profession through the stories and examples of London’s existing workforce;
- Work in partnership regionally and nationally to develop resources for anyone working considering a career in social work or looking to develop their experience.
Milestones
- Conducted research to understand the impact and benefits of similar regional approaches and developed a business case to progress with developing a London Children’s Services microsite.
- Held a regional event with presentations from Children’s Social Work Matters in the Yorkshire and the Humber region, as a shared learning event.
- Undertook a procurement exercise to identify a suitable partner to support the co-production of the microsite and campaign delivery, awarding Social Marketing Gateway as the regional partner.
- Secured funding support from LGA to enable the design and development phase.
- Developed a multi-skilled Task & Finish Group from across 6 London Authorities and a sub-regional Teaching Partnership to co-produce the microsite on behalf of London.
- Launched the pilot website in June 2023 with the project securing subscriptions from all 33 London LAs in 2024 leading to the official launch of the website in June 2024. The project and subscription model currently runs to 2027.
‘This is such a beautifully laid out and functional website, lots of fantastic resources for social work professionals and employers to use. It makes a great difference to London!’ – Suzanne Hudson, Senior Adviser – Workforce and Policy
“The site gives every LA their own space to promote opportunities and describe the area as a whole and the social care profile. The site also enables regional and ‘whole London’ profiling to support agile workforce development campaigns.” – Roisin Madden, Practice Leader, Croydon and Member of the Workforce Steering Group
“Really exciting for London and glad to be part of it!” – Ali Kelly, Strategic Resourcing Lead, Sutton
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