From parent to practitioner: my journey into social work as a mum of two
The skills that I’ve developed in parenthood have helped me on the Frontline programme, and in my social work journey to date.
Read moreConversations about race in social work
Frontline participant, Sandeep, highlights the importance of anti-racist practice and having the confidence to address race and racism within social work.
Read moreChild Trafficking, Modern Slavery and Exploitation Training with Frontline Fellow Phil
Child trafficking often goes under the radar and is an issue very few professionals have a high level of knowledge or awareness around. In order to change this Frontline Fellow Phil Spencer, recently ran a training session for fellows on child trafficking, modern slavery and exploitation.
Read moreSmall Changes project
Small Changes workshops: inspiring and empowering fellows and their colleagues with new ideas of how they can create change within local authorities.
Read moreBBC Radio 4 – Emily’s story
Over the past year Radio 4 journalist Andrew Bomford has been following James, one of our Frontline programme participants in Hertfordshire, as he works with mother Emily. Emily has had nine children, all of whom have been taken into care, and she has recently given birth to her tenth child, Harry. James has been supporting her as she looks after and cares for baby Harry.
Read moreMotivational interviewing: empowering a young person to change
This is exactly the kind of outcome I had hoped for when I joined Frontline: working alongside a young person to empower him to bring about change in his life.
Read moreMotivational interviewing practice model: cultivating change talk
Motivational interviewing (MI) encourages our participants to explore an individual’s readiness to change and the process needed to facilitate this.
Read moreParenting Interventions: facilitating positive and sustainable relationship changes
Giving caregivers the time, space and tools to reflect provides the best opportunity to facilitate positive and sustainable relationship changes.
Read moreHow parenting interventions help us understand and support families
Our parenting intervention model helps participants understand the parent–child relationship to identify actions the family could take to achieve change.
Read moreReflections on the DfE interim evaluation
We are committed to developing a generation of social workers, equipped with the skills to bring about long term social change to benefit children and families.
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