CYP Now - Frontline evolves its approach to boost reach and retention

A decade on from its launch, the fast-track child protection social work training programme is expanding into more areas, extending its duration and training future leaders in the next phase of its development.

Frontline’s new contract will see the fast-track training programme train 1,500 more child protection social workers in the next three years. Picture: Frontline

For charity Frontline, the award of a new £61m Department for Education contract to deliver the fast-track children's social work training programme for another three years marks the beginning of a new chapter.

Launched in 2013 by Josh MacAlister, who went on to chair the Independent Review of Children's Social Care, Frontline has for the past decade been both lauded for producing high-quality social workers and criticised by some for its practitioners leaving frontline roles.

The contract to train 1,500 more child protection social workers from September 2024 will see the programme extended to run over three years instead of the existing two and move from a unit to practice hub model to improve access for smaller authorities.

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