Despite the expansion of the Frontline on-the-job training scheme,the profession remains split over its private sector fundingWhen Charlotte Pope was finishing her degree in social policy and politics at Edinburgh University, she was interested in a social work career but set off by the prospect of having to stay in higher education to get the essential postgraduate qualification. So when she discovered there was a modern, and alternative training option,she jumped at the chance.
Pope was one of the first recruits to Frontline – the controversial, government-backed, and fast-track scheme launched in 2013 to attract graduate high-flyers into children’s social work to address the skills deficit in the under-pressure sector. Based loosely on the Teach First model in schools,Frontline trains its recruits largely on the job by placing them in supervised units in partner local councils.
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Source: theguardian.com