Category: Children’s services

513 Children’s services posts found.

Pick up the phone you’re not alone: further support for people concerned about suicide

10/09/2019
Suicide prevention help

A new card offering advice and support to those suffering from suicidal thoughts has been launched across Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin.…

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Views sought on future delivery of Shropshire’s youth support services

10/09/2019

Shropshire Council is carrying out an eight-week consultation to ask people how they think youth support services should be delivered in the…

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Back to school road safety tips for schoolchildren and road users

28/08/2019
A picture of a road sign outside a school advising drivers to slow down.

With Shropshire children set to return to school next week, Shropshire Council’s road safety education team has issued some road safety tips…

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Trainee social worker recruitment – some frequently-asked questions

22/08/2019

Shropshire Council is recruiting eight trainee children’s social workers. The successful applicants will train on the job, while studying for a degree…

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Shropshire Council to recruit and train eight trainee children’s social workers

22/08/2019
A picture of some children smiling

People wanting to help make a real difference to the lives of Shropshire’s children and families are being offered the opportunity to…

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Success for Shropshire pupils as GCSE results published

22/08/2019

As GCSE results are published today (Thursday 22 August 2019) indications show that 2019 will again be successful for pupils in Shropshire’s…

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Special drop-in information session about fostering in Shrewsbury on 31 July 2019

17/07/2019

Shropshire Council’s fostering team will be holding a special drop-in information session in Shrewsbury on Wednesday 31 July 2019. The event, between 6pm…

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Children invited to join Space Chase in Shropshire Libraries

12/07/2019
An image of Space Chase artwork. Space Chase is the theme of the 2019 Summer Reading Challenge run by the Reading Agency. Shropshire Libraries are encouraging primary school children to take part in Space Chase this summer.

Shropshire Libraries are calling for children to sign up to read six books this summer as part of Space Chase, Summer Reading…

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Woodside Primary School children commemorate Anne Frank’s 90th birthday

09/07/2019
An image of Imam Sohayb Peerbhai with children from Woodside Primary School in Oswestry gathered around a cherry tree commemorating Ann Frank and the remembering the victims of the Holocaust.

Children on the School Council at Woodside Primary School in Oswestry joined local Shropshire Councillor Vince Hunt, Imam Sohayb Peerbhai and Reverend…

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Council launches a Carers Survey to review its offer to carers

25/06/2019
An adult receiving social care

Shropshire Council are reviewing their offer to carers in Shropshire and would like carers to be involved from the beginning of the…

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