Trainees on the Frontline programme will be appointed a advisor social employee. Photograph: Alamy
Frontline, the government-backed graduate advancement programme for children’s social perform, looks set to be as popular as other public-sector programmes, competing for the identical pool of talented, ambitious graduates. Just 6 weeks right after applications opened, four,000 people have registered an curiosity for one of the a hundred locations on supply on the first cohort, and one,500 have completed the application procedure.
Josh MacAlister, who set up Frontline and already has the assistance of Training Secretary Michael Gove, believes the degree of curiosity implies the scheme is interesting to those graduates who in the past would not have considered a social work job. The Frontline chief executive says: “I believe that the four,000 figure is good … it does indicate some new interest. I feel what will be interesting will be a few months down the line when we appear back and will be in a position to say no matter whether these folks would not have otherwise picked social perform.”
Trainees will devote the two-12 months programme with a host nearby authority, either in London or Manchester. Particulars of which councils have joined Frontline will be exposed in the New Yr, but the variety previously exceeds the number of trainees. The tri-borough in London – Westminster Hammersmith and Fulham and Kensington and Chelsea – has put its name to the scheme. It will be taking sixteen Frontline trainees and recruiting 4 consultant social employees to mentor and train them. Its executive director of children’s companies, Andrew Christie, who is also a member of the Frontline board, is hopeful that the scheme will support with retention problems because it will offer you seasoned social workers yet another job alternative to specialise in training. “By and big, we have been in a position to recruit to our requirements but we have not been as effective as we would have liked in trying to keep individuals and delivering a excellent profession pathway.”
The initial Frontline cohort will start their education up coming summer, taking part in a summer institute – an intensive 5-week introduction to children’s social function. When completed, they will be allocated a host authority. Teams of four trainees will be appointed a advisor social worker who will accountable for their professional development and instruction. The consultant will be picked jointly by Frontline and the neighborhood authority. “The trainees will be immersed in the practice of advisor social operate,” says MacAlister.
The graduates will devote their first 12 months operating in direction of their skilled qualification and will acquire a £19,000 bursary. They will commit 210 days on practice placements, which is 50 much more than the minimal advised by the School of Social Function. Their degree of practice observation is also higher than that of a conventional social work degree programmes. “On a whole lot of social operate courses undergraduates will have to submit 4 observations of practice, whereas Frontline trainees will be observed after a week,” says MacAlister.
In their second yr, trainees will have a caseload, and as newly qualified social workers will be paid a salary of £24,000. They will also have the chance to comprehensive a Master’s qualification or qualify in Systemic Practice of the Institute of Family Therapy.
Like Educate Very first, the work-based graduate programme for teachers, on which the Frontline model is based, there is a deferment option with the civil support fast stream. If a graduate successfully applies to join each graduate programmes, the individual’s area is stored open. This implies the graduate could complete Frontline and then move to the fast stream or vice versa.
As with other public sector graduate programmes, the trainees are not assured a task at the end of the programme. However, it would be extremely unlikely that they would not be offered a position by their host authority following two years of investment, says MacAlister.
MacAlister is open to Frontline trainees moving to other components of the public sector, this kind of as the civil services or the division for schooling, and taking their expertise and knowledge with them. “I believe that would be really a powerful thing. It is something that social function at the moment lacks, which is a wider societal knowing of the important role that social staff play. Social function is 1 of Britain’s toughest jobs – and that is not a throwaway remark.”
The application deadline for Frontline is November thirty.
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