Training and Professional Development opportunities available to Social Workers in CYPD.

Gloucestershire County Council provides excellent training and development opportunities, seeking every opportunity to enhance provision and respond to the changing needs of the service and the workforce.

	Gloucestershire has a strong commitment to quality and evidence informed practice to ensure positive outcomes for all children and young people.
	Social workers will be encouraged to complete the induction and mandatory training requirements as quickly as possible if they cannot evidence achievement of this.
	As well as core mandatory training there is an extensive range of internal short-course programmes to choose from. In addition, the Council has a dedicated post qualifying programme at the local university campus in Gloucester.
	Our training pathways are regularly redesigned to meet national drivers, e.g. the Children’s Workforce Development initiatives and Social Work Taskforce recommendations.
	Work is being undertaken to link professional development to career progression.
	All social workers are supported, through regular Personal Assessment reviews and supervision, to reflect on their skills and experience to identify their learning needs and inform a personal action plan.