Home page
Donate now
Home page

Apply to Approach Social Work

Applications to start Approach Social Work in summer 2025 are currently open for a limited number of remaining spaces.

Approach 2025 Registration Form

Page 1/6 - Data Privacy Statement

Google Analytics (will be hidden - For Richard/Web Team to test)






Thanks for your interest in Approach Social Work. You've just taken your first step towards helping children and families as a children's social worker. Registration will take you approximately 5 to 10 minutes to complete.

Please read Frontline's data privacy policy for more information on the purpose for collecting and processing your data, who we share your data with, and how we keep it secure. It also contains information on your rights under data protection law.


Improve form experience 
  • For full functionality of this page, it is necessary to enable Javascript.  
  • We recommend using the latest version of Chrome, Firefox or Edge browser. 
  • Please note that privacy protection extensions (like DuckDuckGo or Privacy Badger) can affect the full functionality on this page. In this case, we recommend opening the page in a private/incognito window and/or disabling the extension in private/incognito mode. 

Page 2/6 - Personal Details


Personal details

Please provide your legal details (including all middle names) as they appear on your passport or official documentation.

All questions marked with an * are compulsory fields.

Please provide a personal email address and not an academic email address.





If this is the same as your first name, please provide this again.



(Please ensure you provide your full number including any international country code e.g. +4412345678910)







We must see evidence of final grades prior to programme start in July (this does not have to be your formal certificate, just evidence of the final grade). If you are unable to show this before programme start that you are not currently eligible for the programme.


Home address

Please ensure this is your permanent home address and not a university term time address.







First choice location

Please use this section to indicate the areas that you’d prefer to complete the programme in. If you are successful at an assessment centre, you will subsequently be required to give more details in a “placement survey” about your current circumstances and the parts of the country that you’d be able to do the programme in. Your initial preference, along with the details from your placement survey, will be considered when allocating you to a local authority placement. 

Please note that locations are subject to change and we cannot guarantee that placements will be available in all of the locations listed below. Popular areas will close when full so we encourage you to complete your application as soon as possible. We do not offer placements in every local authority in the country, so areas not listed here are either full or not offering placements. 

Please select your answers from the drop down lists - do not type your answer. If the dropdown list does not appear, type any letter in the box followed by the backspace key in order to trigger the list to load.

To change your selection, clear both the region and area fields before proceeding.




Calculated Choice 1 values - Hidden





Second choice location

Please select your answers from the drop down lists - do not type your answer. If the dropdown list does not appear, type any letter in the box followed by the backspace key in order to trigger the list to load.

To change your selection, clear both the region and area fields before proceeding.


Calculated Choice 2 values - Hidden





Driving

In order to make sure you are placed in a suitable location, please answer the questions below about your driving status. Please note that some local authorities require a full driving licence for you to apply to work there. As you are applying at the very end of our application window, the cut-off date to have passed your test (1 March 2025) has now passed for these local authorities, and you will be unable to apply for these areas if you do not have a full driving licence. 


The first choice location you have selected requires its social workers to have a full driving licence. 

In order to be allocated a placement in your first choice location you are required to have a full driving licence. 


The second choice location you have selected requires its social workers to have a full driving licence. 

In order to be allocated a placement in your second choice location you are required to have a full driving licence. 




The first choice location you have selected requires its social workers to have access to a vehicle in order to visit families in the community. 

In order to be eligible to be offered a placement in your first choice location you must have access to a vehicle by the start of the programme. Please indicate below whether you have access to a vehicle. If not, please consider if this is the right time for you to apply to the programme, or consider whether you could relocate in order to complete the programme.

A driving licence and access to a vehicle is required in most local authority areas outside London.

The second choice location you have selected requires its social workers to have access to a vehicle in order to visit families in the community. 

In order to be eligible to be offered a placement in your second choice location you must have access to a vehicle by the start of the programme. Please indicate below whether you have access to a vehicle. If not, please consider if this is the right time for you to apply to the programme, or consider whether you could relocate in order to complete the programme.

A driving licence and access to a vehicle is required in most local authority areas outside London.

For a placement to be viable, Frontline will not place applicants in local authorities that are more than an hour's commute from their home address.

If we do not believe that any of our local authorities would be within an hour's commute of your home address, and you are unable to relocate for the programme, you will not be eligible for the role and will have your offer withdrawn.


Driving Outcome Mapping (Hidden)




Page 3/6 - Equal Opportunities


Equal opportunities

We want to make our application process fair and accessible for everyone. The information you provide here will help us do that. Some of this information is classified as special category data under the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) and we request your consent to process it. You can withdraw your consent at any time by contacting dpo@thefrontline.org.uk.





















Additional consent


Page 4/6 - Eligibility Criteria


Eligibility criteria

We have agreed our eligibility criteria for Approach Social Work in partnership with our university partner, with approval from the Department for Education and the social work regulator Social Work England. Our requirements are therefore mandatory and we cannot make exceptions. Applicants who do not meet these requirements will be considered ineligible.

Please ensure you check you have your certificate and provide details of the correct qualification, to ensure you are not found ineligible later in the process.
Visit our website to view approved equivalent qualifications for the Frontline programme. 

If you are currently in your final year of studies, please be reminded that you must receive confirmation of your final grade by Monday 9 July 2025, or you are not currently eligible for the programme.



Page 5/6 - How did you hear about us?


How did you hear about us?

This information will help us encourage more people to consider a career in social work. Please try to answer as accurately as possible.

To choose multiple values, hold the CTRL key while you are making your selection.










Page 6/6 - Registration summary


Please review your responses to ensure they are accurate. You can review or amend your responses by using the "Previous Page" button.

Once you have clicked "Submit" you will not be able to change your responses. 

Our programmes have mandatory eligibility requirements which need to be met in order to process your application.

Please note Frontline will verify these requirements have been met (including reviewing your qualifications and your right to work in the UK) at a later stage. You must have this evidence at the point of application, please ensure you check your documentation now.

Unfortunately, we cannot consider you for this programme if you do not meet these requirements and your registration and application will be withdrawn should it later be determined you do not meet these.

This form requires valid answers for first & second choice location preferences. Complete these questions before submitting. Please contact us if you need further support - recruitment@thefrontline.org.uk