Mary Jackson, the new chief executive of Frontline, was promoted into the role after her predecessor and the organisation’s founder Josh MacAlister was asked by ministers to lead the Independent Review of Children’s Social Care in January.
Jackson, who worked for six years in the organisation’s senior team, admits it is not the easiest of tasks, taking the reigns in the middle of a global pandemic and amid scrutiny of diversity and inclusion across the social work sector.
She also faces the challenge of tackling the negative perception that some in the sector have about the fast-track training programme – namely, that Frontline has received millions of pounds of government funding but many graduates do not stay in the sector.
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