For any questions about the Practice Development series email Fellowship@thefrontline.org.uk
This series is kindly supported by the Monday Charitable Trust.
Practice Development Series
Whether you’re looking to grow your skills, reflect on your practice, or connect with others, the Practice Development Series creates a space to do just that!
Through workshops you will hear directly from expert speakers, gain practical tools and fresh insights to enhance your everyday practice, and take part in live discussions with other professionals working in children’s services across the country.
In each series we hold four online workshops and you can attend as many as you like.
Upcoming workshops
Talking to young people about gender and sexuality
Thursday 15 October 2026, 10 – 11am
Consider the barriers that may be present when having conversations about gender and sexuality with young people and learn how you can make these conversations easier in practice.
A deep dive into coercive control
Wednesday 18 November, 10 – 11am
Develop your understanding of coercive control, why and how it can often be overlooked or misunderstood and how it might alter survivor behaviours.
Narrative practice in social work with men
Wednesday 17 February, 10 – 11am
Learn about narrative practice and why this is important to our work with men, considering male narratives and where these may arise and impact on both identity and the experiences of men.
Disrupting the gaze: Anti-racist supervision in practice
Wednesday 17 March, 9.30 – 10.30am
Explore how discussions about race, racism and anti-racism show up in supervision and how you can use the anti-racist supervision template to aid your conversations.
Watch previous sessions
- A new lens to contextual safeguarding
- Child sexual abuse: overcoming barriers in social work practice
- Children in custody
- Kinship care and children with disabilities
- Race, gender and children caught up in cycles of crime
- Talking to young people about gender and sexuality
- Understanding and responding to caste discrimination
We encourage everyone signed up to attend live sessions of the Practice Development Series, so that you can make the most of reflection and discussion spaces, connect with colleagues on the call and ask your questions directly to our speaker.
Please note these sessions are not recommended for participants on Approach Social Work. We recommend you sign up for Frontline Talks, which is open to everyone.