Overview
Approach Social Work (formerly known as the Frontline programme) is a fully funded training programme that helps you step into children’s social work with the training, tools and support to make a difference. You’ll develop a deep understanding of child-focused practice, learn to build relationships that create real change, and earn a masters degree along the way. This is a career with purpose, stability and opportunities for progression.
The Programme
On the programme, you’ll receive day-one support and gain the skills, experience and masters degree to succeed, wherever your career takes you. You’ll explore anti-discriminatory, anti-oppressive and anti-racist approaches as you train to work with children and families.
What To Expect
Year one
* Begin study for your postgraduate diploma
* Work with children and families within a local authority, supported by experienced tutors and practice educators
* Receive a bursary of £18,000 or £20,000 (depending on location) to help with living and travel costs
Year two and three
* Move into a paid role as a newly qualified social worker (up to £34,000, or more in some London boroughs)
* Continue working towards your master’s degree
* Join the Frontline Fellowship, a national community offering career-long support and development
The Role
You’ll learn how to build relationships, make difficult decisions and advocate for children’s safety and wellbeing. That means:
* Visiting a child at home or school
* Supporting a parent through difficult circumstances
* Working with teachers, health professionals or police
* Writing reports and helping decide what’s safest for a child
It’s a role that requires empathy, resilience and strong judgment, rooted in anti-racist, anti-oppressive and anti-discriminatory practice.
Who We’re Looking For
We welcome applicants from all degree backgrounds and are especially keen to hear from those underrepresented in the sector, including men and people from racially diverse communities. You don’t need experience in social work, just the right values, resilience and commitment to making a difference. If you are in your final year of studying for an undergraduate honours degree we’d love to hear from you. Alternatively, you may already have an existing undergraduate degree and be working in a related role such as a youth worker, support worker, teacher, learning support assistant, teaching assistant, care worker, key worker, or social work assistant.
Eligibility Requirements
* Have at least a 2.2 (predicted or obtained) in an undergraduate degree (honours) (or international equivalent)
* Have obtained GCSE English Language at Grade C/4 or above (or approved equivalent qualification)
* Possess the right to work and study in the UK (including access to public funds) for the duration of the programme (until September 2029)
* Be resident in England by the time the programme commences
* Not be a qualified social worker
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Real support. Real skills. A career that matters. Delivered by children’s charity Frontline (formerly known as the Frontline programme). Apply now.
Location notes and related postings may appear in the original listing but are not part of this refined description.
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