We offer:

• flexible working - including opportunities for hybrid working, job sharing, compressed hours, and career breaks
• generous annual leave - 24 to 32 days, with the option to purchase extra leave plus an extra leave day at Christmas  
• competitive pay - performance assessments with the opportunity for salary increments and transparent salary scales
• MyChoice benefit scheme - your pick of perks from vouchers to car leasing
• we work together in a centrally-located modern, well-equipped, energising environment that supports team working and collaboration across the service and with partners
• a comprehensive range of training and professional development opportunities including access to research, group and e-learning, coaching and group supervision for colleagues in all roles and at every stage of their career 
• clear career progression pathways, within a nurturing environment, allowing social work to flourish. From opportunities to undertake social work qualification; our dedicated ASYE Academy; to our Leadership Academy offering bespoke development for our aspiring and existing leaders 
• family-friendly leave - including maternity, paternity, adoption and parental leave   
• mental health and physical wellbeing - including access to our Employee Assistance Programme, help to quit smoking, access to private healthcare, free eye tests and discounted leisure offers  
• financial wellbeing - excellent pension scheme, charitable giving options  
• transport offers - cycle to work scheme, carpooling, subsidised parking and interest-free season ticket loans
• recognition – learning from success, celebrating colleagues’ creative work and sharing compliments 
• professional and personal development - training and workshops to help you thrive and a discount on most Learning and Enterprise College Bexley courses
• staff networks - our networks support and encourage collaboration across the Council with events throughout the year
• employee volunteering - get out of the office and help a local project blossom
• local authority discount scheme - attraction and theme park discounts and local offers in partnership with KAARP

Our Signs of Safety practice model is used in bespoke and tailored ways across all Children’s Social Care services and with our partner agencies. Signs of Safety is a strengths-based, risk-organised, relational way of working that puts children and families at the centre of practice. Signs of Safety emphasises the need to foster open, honest and respectful relationships with families and their networks through compassionate practice.

At the heart of our practice framework is the ethos of a supportive approach to learning and collaboration whether this is in our direct interactions with families, assessments, supervision, performance monitoring with staff or auditing.