Frontline Exchange

Our annual event designed to inspire and inform your practice.

The Frontline Exchange is a free annual event for fellows, programme participants and professionals supporting children. It’s an opportunity to hear from experts, share learning and strengthen practice.

This year’s webinars focus on the changes shaping children’s social work, especially the Families First reforms. The reforms aim to make support for children more joined-up, more relational and more focused on early help, with services working more closely together.

Whether you are already implementing these changes or starting to explore them, the Frontline Exchange will help you understand what they mean in practice.

When you attend, you will:

build a clearer understanding of the reforms and what they mean for your work

hear from organisations, experts and people with lived experience

explore how to navigate change in your day-to-day role

Who is the Frontline Exchange for?

The Frontline Exchange is open to all professionals in children’s services across the country.

Explore our 2026 sessions

Defining multi-agency working in the context of reforms

Tuesday, 30 June 2026 (3pm – 4pm)

Hear from a local authority about their experience of introducing Multi-Agency Child Protection Teams and how they are supporting more joined-up working.

Navigating early help in a changing social work landscape

Friday, 03 July 2026 (10am – 11am)

Learn how family help services are evolving, from the introduction of the lead practitioner role to more integrated approaches to supporting families.

The impact of family group decision-making

Tuesday, 07 July 2026 (10am – 11am)

Hear from the Family Rights Group and their networks about how family group decision-making is being implemented, alongside insights from people with lived-experience.

Supporting your work with children during change

Thursday, 09 July 2026 (10am – 11am)

Explore how to continue delivering strong practice during a period of change, with practical insight from professionals supporting teams through reform.

The Frontline Exchange is kindly supported by the Monday Charitable Trust.