Welcome to Newcastle Children’s Social Care
Working with children, young people and their families is one of the most important and rewarding jobs - the right person can make the biggest difference. 
Working with children, young people and their families is one of the most important and rewarding jobs - the right person can make the biggest difference.
To achieve the best for our children and young people we need great staff who are committed, creative and confident.
I know that you will find that Newcastle is a friendly and supportive service. We want you to succeed in your work, be ambitious in your career and support children and families from across our city.
We have high expectations of our staff and the work they do and we encourage a culture of innovation, reflection and challenge. We also ensure our staff feel supported and valued and have invested in a new Centre of Excellence to drive professional development from ASYE to senior manager.
We are a Proud, Fair and Ambitious council and these values are intrinsic to everything we do in Children’s Social Care. These values set the standard for the services we provide and how we treat each other and the children, young people and families we work with.
This is an exciting time to join us as Newcastle is continues on a journey of transformation. We want to improve outcomes for our children and young people and their families and we are embedding a new relational family valued approach to social work. Because of our work and vision we are be part of the DFE’s Strengthening Families and Protecting Children, and have received additional funding to partner with Leeds City Council to embed our ambitious plans. If you want to be part of this journey now is the time to join us.
On this website I hope you will get a sense of the service - who we are, how we work and what you can expect from us.
I am proud to lead this service and confident that we can offer you a career to be proud of too.
Jayne Forsdike, Assistant Director Children's Social Care.
Newcastle - a great past and an exciting future.
Our great city, once at the forefront of industrial innovation, is now the forefront of science, learning and culture. We have a deserved reputation for being one of the friendliest and liveliest cities in Europe and one of the most cosmopolitan in the country.
If you want to join a service which is rated good in all areas, and is committed to working with families, rather than doing to them, then Newcastle is the place for you - a supportive environment to grow and develop.
As we approach our third year of embedding a relational and restorative practice culture across our service, we are looking for motivated, child-centred social workers to join our skilled and passionate workforce.
From starting your social work journey, to progressing into leadership, our service will provide you with a variety of opportunities, training and experiences that will help your Children's Social Care career flourish.