Children's Care Division

Whatever you want to achieve in Children’s Services, you’ll succeed at Medway. One of the reasons we’re so confident is that our department is a bit smaller than most and that brings some huge benefits. You’re sure to flourish in an environment where teams are always in touch with what’s happening and there’s a real sense of cameraderie. Working with people who are happy to help out makes an amazing difference to how fulfilled you feel.

Managers are far more accessible, too. They have time to discuss casework and supervision is excellent. Quite apart from our size, we have some more attractive qualities, including regular learning and development opportunities.

If you won’t believe it till you see it, call us and arrange to spend time with us. We’d be delighted to see you and show you around.

Structure disgrams are available showing how the Children's Care Division is organised and fits into the overall Medway Council structure.

A great place to live and work

With a population of around 250,000, Medway is one of the biggest and most significant urban areas in the south-east outside London, made up of the towns of Strood, Rochester, Chatham, Gillingham and Rainham with rural outlying areas. Benefiting from the regeneration of the Thames Gateway, Medway is fast becoming a city of learning, culture, tourism and enterprise.

The map below shows where the Medway towns are situated in the north of Kent. Medway Council is a unitary authority and has three integrated area teams, each wih Integrated Social Work and Family School Support teams.

Medway is rich in historical and leisure attractions, so you will never be short of things to see and do.

Rochester Cathedral is the second oldest in England, founded in 604. The present building dates back to 1080. Rochester Castle has the tallest keep in England and is among the best preserved examples of Norman architecture.  Each summer, the Castle Gardens are host to the Castle Concerts. Past acts include Blondie, Van Morrison, The Sugababes and Jools Holland.

The Dickens and Sweeps festivals in the summer bring a colourful spectacle of music, dance, drama and street theatre that have rightly earned places in the south-east tourism calendar as some of the key events of the summer.

Dickens World is a new multi-million pound themed entertainment attraction based upon the life, times, books and characters of Charles Dickens is in Chatham Maritime, close by the Dockside designer outlet shopping centre and the Historic Dockyard, one of the world's most important maritime heritage locations and the venue for a variety of top attractions for everyone. Also at Chatham Maritime is a newly built cinema complex showing all the latest releases.

If you're a football fan, you can watch League Two matches at Priestfield Stadium, the home of Gillingham FC.

Medway is a popular place for activities, including a Ski and Snowboard Centre; open all year round with the longest toboggan run in the country. There is also Gillingham Ice Bowl, Capstone Farm, Riverside and Ranscombe Farm country parks and a range of cycling, walking and nature trails. Visit www.visitmedway.org for more information.

And Medway is perfectly placed to access so much more...

In half an hour you could be in Europe's largest shopping complex, Bluewater, browsing the designer shops, eating in one of the numerous restaurants or catching the latest movie.

Medway is situated just 30 miles from central London and there are frequent rail services to Victoria and Charing Cross and high speed services to St Pancras from all the five main Medway railway stations.

In an hour you could be in the centre of London visiting the famous sights: The London Eye, Tower of London, Houses of Parliament to name but a few. See the latest musicals in a world-class theatre or watch Shakespeare in the Globe Theatre on the south bank or in the open air theatre at Regents Park.

The whole of Kent or "The Garden Of England" is on your doorstep. Beautiful countryside, oast houses, village greens and thatched cottages. Visit historic towns such as Canterbury or Tunbridge Wells or  beaches on the Kent coast. If you would like to explore Europe, the Channel tunnel is only a one hour drive away or take the ferry at Dover - 45 miles away. Visit France on a cheap afternoon return and stock up on speciality food and wines. You will also find air travel convenient. Gatwick is a 45-minute drive and Heathrow, Stansted and Luton airports just over an hour away.

Schools information

One in five people in Medway is aged 14 years or younger, putting education at the very top of our agenda. Medway has more than a hundred schools, with almost 45,000 pupils and an innovative approach to youth activities, including the only Youth Parliament in Kent.  

We operate both selective and non-selective schools, enabling you to work where your skills will make the biggest difference. To this end, we will work with you to identify your needs and goals and help you find the right environment for your future.