Children, Young People and Families

If you share our passion for creating a brighter future for children, young people and families in Barnsley, we’d love you to join us. We’re here to release children’s and young people’s potential by providing the right support at the right time, and bring the five outcomes of ‘Every Child Matters’ to life. Involved in all aspects of education, children’s social care and jointly commissioned health services, we make a real impact on countless lives.

For a more in-depth look at what motivates us, explore the sections below:

Careers

We’ve a wide range of career opportunities including:

  • School improvement services
  • Leadership and management for integrated services and schools
  • Education welfare
  • Youth services
  • Teaching and teaching support staff
  • Psychology
  • Information & Communication Technology
  • Social Work
  • Administration
  • Drug and alcohol services
  • Adoption and Fostering
  • Finance
  • Disability services
  • Counselling
  • School nursing
  • Family support
  • Early years

Progression

The single most important factor in delivering our aspirations for children is a world class workforce. We’ve a team dedicated to securing lifelong learning opportunities for our people. Through our high quality continuous professional development strategy, we offer a range of programmes, conferences, placements, mentoring, coaching support and research networks to support your career development.

Naturally, we’ve also a highly effective leadership strategy developed by school leaders for school leaders, to ensure that our people have the skills and ambition to transform the education system. Plus, of course, we develop and support leaders to deliver integrated services at all levels.

Melanie’s video

As Children’s Centre Manager, her role reaps real rewards – from seeing children grow up and develop to gaining qualifications of her own.

Melanie’s video

Adele’s Video

Discover the aspects of her role as a Children’s Social Worker that have encouraged her to recommend it to her friends.

Adele’s video

Vacancies

Find the job you’re looking for, as well as any help you might need in applying for it.

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Recruitment process

Equality and diversity

Benefits

Here you’ll find everything you need to know about our pay, benefits, training and flexible working options.

Read about our benefits

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