With breath taking country side, a stunning coastline, beautiful villages and vibrant

towns and cities, it provides everything you need as a place to live and work.

Bucking the national trend Kent is investing in business, infrastructure and the environment

and with a lively and culture art scene there's something for everyone.

Kent is well connected with high speed rail links London is less then an hour from the

East Kent Coast and from there France is just 30 minutes away.

As a Social Worker Kent offers excellent career opportunities and a great work life balance.

"I think it's very good to live in Kent because the job can be stressful and Kent is quite

a relaxed area and well living here I am able to switch off from my job really and relax.

I work near the seafront so it's quite nice every day going to work and pass the sea.

There's a lot of different cultures where I work and we work for different complex families,

so it's very good experience really".

Debra Wright spent 10 years working in London before moving to Kent for a better quality

of life.

"I worked in London for the last 10 years and that it was very busy and I wasn't enjoying

it as much and I just wanted a slower pace of life, but still with the challenge of Social

work.

Driving to and from your appointments is quite different from driving in London because your

just driving through gorgeous little villages and the scenery is amazing".

Kent is home to nearly 350,000 children whose welfare is at heart of everything we do.

At Kent County Council we know our Social Workers are committed to giving Kent's Children

the best hopes for the future.

We invest in our Social Workers, offering attractive pay and conditions and fantastic

career development opportunities.

"At the moment I'm hoping to pursue my practice educator training then go and develop the

special child care award and hopefully move on to do my masters and PhD here.

The managers give me the time for it and I've got the resources, the materials, so Kent

is a good area to develop in".

We know everyone has tough days but our Social Workers are part of a close knit team who

are supported every step of the way.

"I have a very good team and very good managers and we have good structure in our work and

I think its, well make us feel safe really so its easy to get settled".

"There are loads of facilities for children in Kent and families that we never had while

we were living in London.

So we have that here, we are able be a lot more together as a family, than being a lot

of distractions like in other cities, that are not in Kent.

So my children are actually thriving, educationally, socially, in every way so, that's one good

thing that you know I can't pay for.

It's brilliant".

Kent is a large busy and diverse County where there are real opportunities for career progression.

Suzanna King moved to Kent from Yorkshire to become an Assistant Director for the East

of County.

"I was looking for a challenge and I was particularly interested in an Assistant Director Post.

I'd heard about the challenges that Kent was experiencing and I was very aware of the fact

that it's a large local authority and it's invested extremely heavily in Social Care.

I knew a little bit about Kent, although I've actually spent most of my life in Yorkshire

but I was very keen to move because it's fantastic countryside, I was very interested in all

the communications routes, its got good rail access, its got good motorways.

You can get to the content extremely easily.

In fact on my way to work I can see the coast line of France which is fantastic".

Kent's Childrens services are determined to keep improving and we are committed to becoming

an outstanding service which delivers the best we can for vulnerable young people.

"what we want is to offer a much better lot, much better opportunities for the next generation

of children and if we can do that by helping strengthen the potential parenting skills

of the children we are dealing with now that will achieve it".

"So this is an authority and a service that is really starting to go places, we are united,

we are at one, we know where we are heading.

What we are looking for is the right people, with the right enthusiasm to join us and be

part of it".

If you're looking for a new challenge, if you share our vision Kent's Children and if

you want a wonderful place to live and work why not join us.