At least half a million children in England don’t have a safe or stable home. These children and their families face some of the worst life chances, but we know that great social work has the power to change this. That’s why Frontline recruits and develops outstanding individuals to be social workers and leaders to transform the lives of the most vulnerable children and families.

What we do

We recruit, train and support people to become social workers through the Frontline programme. This is a unique opportunity for high potential graduates and career changers to make a real difference to the lives of some of the most vulnerable children in Britain.

Why become a social worker?

If you join the Frontline programme you’ll work to transform the lives of vulnerable children. You will earn as you learn, receive first-class training and gain a fully funded masters in social work.

Margaret

I don’t know any other career where you can work in such a collaborative way with a child and their family.

What we do

Social work managers are the engines for transformational practice in social work. The Firstline programme develops good social work managers into outstanding leaders, to give the best possible support to vulnerable families.

Key benefits of the Firstline programme

On the Firstline programme, social work managers develop their leadership through three residential modules and a number of tailored, professionally facilitated one-to-one and group sessions.

Michaela Berry

The Firstline programme has challenged my views of social work management entirely, and I am now enjoying my role much more.

Growing a movement of leaders in social work and broader society

To address social disadvantage, we need leaders working across society to create real and lasting change for children and families. The Frontline Fellowship is a community of likeminded individuals, who have all received training from Frontline, who are working to change society for the better.

Supporting fellows to create change

We support our fellows to further develop their practice skill, facilitate opportunities to influence policy and connect them to drive innovations that work towards our mission. By 2020, there will be over 1,500 Frontline fellows helping to build secure foundations for some of our most vulnerable people.

Charley Lintern

With other fellows, I’ve been able to think about the scope for change and innovation in practice, policy and research across the sector.

LATEST NEWS

With half a million children in England lacking a safe or stable home, there is much work to be done.

You can find out more about what we do by reading our latest news and blogs.

Time Out London – Things you only know if you’re a social worker - Working in child protection for Frontline, I’ve seen the big gulf in lived experience that people in London have. Frontline Fellow, Alex, discusses what it's like to be a social worker with Time Out London.

“Well, that’s a change!” – Why I made the leap to children’s social work - 2018 Frontline participant, Mark Coupe, explains why he took a leap into social work, what the Summer Institute is like for a career changer and how he's feeling about his upcoming children's services placement.

Why do social workers use alienating language? - Recent articles and social media comments have claimed that the language social workers use can alienate families. Debbie El Sheikh got together with a group of fellows to discuss why and how they could set about changing this.

Frontline rises to 26 in The Times Top 100 list of graduate employers - Today the prestigious Times Top 100 graduate employers list 2018-19 was announced. We're proud to share that we've risen to 26 in the rankings, which also marks the fifth year running that we've been featured, amongst organisations including Google, the Civil Service, Aldi and the BBC.