Doncaster Children’s Social Work Academy

Empowering your journey by collaborating with you and partners to achieve exceptional outcomes for children and families through a tailored approach to learning and wellbeing.

When you join our children’s social care team here in Doncaster you will be supported with continuous professional development, through our Social Work Academy.

Our Academy focuses on staff to best support our children. Through mentoring, coaching, and training, we help you develop the tools to make a real difference – because at the heart of everything we do is the child.

What We Do

We implement the values of our practice models to enhance relationship-building and effective practice with children, young people, and families. Our practice models include:

Relationship-Based Practice – Fostering trust and meaningful connections with children, families, and professionals.
Solution-Focused Practice – Finding strengths and possibilities to empower families.
Trauma-Informed Practice – Understanding the impact of trauma and ensuring compassionate, effective interventions.

Learning and Development

Continue professional development is at the heart of the Academy, helping to evolve practice so we can continue to deliver the best care to the children, young people, and families we serve. We do this by:

Bespoke and generic training packages.
Mentorship connections tailored to individual and service development needs.

Wellbeing and Resilience

Your wellbeing is important to us, and we recognize that well-being and professional development are intrinsically linked. We offer a wide range of wellbeing and support services, including: