It's Care Leaver's Week! Our care leaver's have created all of this artwork for this fantastic exhibition at Victoria Art Gallery in Bath. This year's theme is 'Belonging' and each piece of artwork has it's own meaning. The exhibition will be there until 5pm on Thursday 27th.

Mike and Danny provided a really powerful, thought provoking and inspiring talk at BANES today. Really impressive levels of courage, willingness to be vulnerable, and providing us with a positive trauma informed message 💙🙏

A real privilege to hear John Burnham speak today. Rich captures some key messages well here which all social work practitioners could do well to keep in mind.

Today was a great day we are still buzzing met some amazing social workers who were proper switched on, Bath and North East Somerset got some flagship #traumainformed approaches going on. Thanks again Richard Devine for inviting us down 💯💙

Applications for Step Up to Social Work Cohort 8 opening soon via the DfE website.   To hear about the course & meet some of our current students, join us for a virtual information session on 8th February 7-8pm or 16th March 6-7pm.   Instructions in comments…

Have your questions answered by one of our Fostering Families social workers in this video. You can contact our team on 01225394949 if you are interested.

Anyone who has a secret phone that they may hide from an abusive partner needs to read this + take action to switch it off or put in on airplane mode. #DomesticAbuse survivors please note. Please read this + share as widely as you can. Thanks Refuge Read more ⬇️

We are looking for more people that could help a family stay together by becoming a Fostering Families Carer. You don’t need a spare room, just a warm heart, some childcare experience and at least 15 spare hours a week. Find out more here: fostering.bathnes.gov.uk ❤

We are looking for a highly skilled, qualified social worker to join us in the role of Team Manager in one of our Family Support Teams. The manager will be responsible for the leadership and management of the team consisting of Deputy Team Managers, Senior Social Work

Want to find out more about working in social care with Bath & North East Somerset Council? Visit our careers site for all our current vacancies and career opportunities in Children's and Adults Social Care at lnkd.in/dXFx3BDk #socialwork #socialworker #socialworkjobs

bbc.com/news/articles/… We're very proud of our Care Experienced young people in Bath & NE Somerset, and this wonderful exhibition of their photography. Please do go and visit if you're in Bath or Keynsham in the coming 2-3 months.

Are you looking for a new role in social work? We are currently recruiting for social workers in our Adults Social Care and Children's Social Care teams. To find out more go to our careers page at: ow.ly/fQQc50Qm4Kx #Socialwork #Socialworker #Socialworkjobs

Terror at the sound of thunder. Fear of crossing the street. Children in Gaza are experiencing “trauma beyond their endurance.”

There are no words.

New article by Josh Behan-Devlin and me about the impacts hybrid working is having on children and families social work: academic.oup.com/bjsw/advance-a…

Really great news that this happened last night. So proud of the young people who helped make this happen, especially Jake for speaking so passionately to councillors. Now time to push for meaningful changes. ✊️

I drove all the way from Nottingham to Bath for a precious 3 minutes speaking. But hearing the round of applause and those hands going up at the end to vote making it unanimous makes it so worthwhile. This is now the 82nd Council in the UK to pass the motion. Thank you so much

So well deserved for one of our most incredible Team Managers. 🎉

An exciting and rewarding new role has become available for Systemic Family Therapist, based within our Children’s Social Care team To apply: ow.ly/47r650U6U6c #bathjobs#bathnesjobs#Psychotherapist#children

As a Senior practitioner you will manage your caseload that will be primarily made up of unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children and Young People. To apply: ow.ly/GxuZ50Ucyx4 #socialwork #socialworker #socialworkjobs #Bath #Somerset #Bristol #Bathjobs #Bristoljobs