Our Specialist Support Service in Gateshead Council are finalists in the Social Work Awards 2023 Digital Transformation category - tribute to the amazing work they do with children, young people and adults in Gateshead 🥳

We’re getting ready for our NQSW’s starting their ASYE year next week! Our tool kit bag are a comprehensive package made up of useful tools and resources to ensure they are all prepared to start 😄🧡💙 Gateshead Council #gatesheadasye #gatesheadasyeacademy

Finished off the NQSW’s first week with us with a lovely welcome lunch. This was a great way to make connections and network with managers and staff throughout the service over a spot of lunch!😄 #asye #gatesheadcouncil

Huge well done to everyone nominated especially our staff and foster caters in Gateshead who continue to make a difference to our children and their families 🤩🥳Andrea Houlahan Helen Fergusson Clare Cavanagh @SuzanneStorey5 GatesheadSafeguarding @GatesheadASYE

We held Workshop 1 for our NQSW's yesterday! It was great to get everyone together and inform our NQSW's what they can expect from their #ASYE Year here at #gateshead. We even had a special guest Andrea Houlahan, our Deputy Strategic Director to give our NQSW's a warm welcome. 😀

Nothing says congratulations like a cake with your face on it…right? 😄 Congratulations to our 2022/23 cohort 👌 #ASYE #Gateshead

What a great way to start Gateshead Practice Week! Guest performance from our local music Autism group, what a talented lot!! Gateshead Council Helen Fergusson Clare Cavanagh paige thomason @GatesheadASYE m.facebook.com/aukestra/

Four sets of finalists at the CYPAwards from Gateshead Council - good luck to everyone! #cypawards2023

Amazing outcomes for Gateshead Council at CYPAwards - WINNERS in Foster Carer Awards for Helen & Steve 🩷WINNERS in Biggest Impact (team) for Kinship 🩵 and highly commended for @GatesheadASYE 💚 - we are so happy and proud of everyone! 🌟🌟🌟

A brilliant opportunity for an experienced social worker and Practice Educator to join our highly commended Social Work Academy Gateshead Council to work with children and families - more information and applications here: northeastjobs.org.uk/job/Consultant…

Marketplace Event today at SunUniSW it was lovely to meet all the students and talk about our Social Work Academy🎓 #NQSW #ASYE #student Gateshead Council

Happy World Social Work day to all my fellow social workers & social work allies. Thank you to @ProsperaTedam for a wonderful opening session on intersectionality & many interesting sessions planned this afternoon. And then as is our tradition, we had cake!

Happy world social day from Gateshead’s Workforce Development team. We love cake and new stationary to celebrate the day. #wswd2024

In January we ran a CSC and Life Long Learning Conference bringing together our Social Care and Education staff.   Themes covered: Trauma Informed, Inclusion, Young Ambassadors, Safeguarding, School Outcomes, Early Help 1001, Post 16 offer. We plan to run this annually! 😃

Last month we also celebrated World Social Work Day 😀 it was an amazing day of celebrating all of the hard work our Gateshead Social Care staff do day in and day out! ❤️ #wswd2024

We have an exiting new opportunity for you to complete your Children's Social Care Trainee (apprentice) with us in the Academy here at Gateshead, starting September 2024! 😃 Read more and apply here!!!! ce0074li.webitrent.com/ce0074li_webre…

Last week we celebrated Practice Week 2024 here at Gateshead! We had some amazing sessions running by our very own staff but also by our colleagues Aukestra and The Recovery Church! Fab week of celebrating amazing practice across Social Care at Gateshead!! 🤩❤️