Welcome to St Helens Social Work Academy

Welcome and thank you for exploring our Social Work Academy site.

The St Helens Social Work Academy is all about continuous professional development in social work. The information contained within our Academy site offers children and family social work practitioners a pathway through their career with St Helens Children's Social Care Service by creating an environment which supports stability and continuing professional development. The Social Work Academy supports those who are interested in social work, students, newly qualified Social Workers and experienced social workers throughout their career journey to develop and embed Being Brilliant at the Basics and Beyond to achieve better outcomes for our children and families and onto new career opportunities in the authority.

St Helens Social Work Academy supports you at every stage of your social work career and we are focused on People, Promotion, Progression and Performance.

A Career in St Helens

Priority One of the Borough Strategy is Ensure Children and Young People have a Positive Start in Life, and the Children and Young People's Declaration, entitled It's Our Borough Too has been co-produced with young people to identify 6 priorities we will deliver. Our Council is committed to driving the improvement of Children's Services

Our Social Work Academy promotes the recruitment opportunities and support to staff to develop quality practice and is a way of ensuring that we are recruiting, retaining and developing outstanding social workers. We know and understand that Social Work can be a demanding role and we want to ensure that every member of our staff are supported through training, learning opportunities and good quality supervision.

Explore Our Offer

We hope you will take the time to explore the information contained within this site and recognise our passion and commitment to everyone involved in Children's Social Care as well as our promise to provide the right support at the right time to ensure quality outcomes for our children and families.

We hope to Welcome you to St Helens soon.