TD1938 - For the provision of a Higher Education Institution to deliver the Step Up to Social Work Programme for the East Midlands Regional Partnership (EMRP)

Concepts

• higher education
• higher education institution
• social work programme
• derby
• emrp
• provision of a higher education institution
• east midlands regional partnership
• social workers
• standard of social workers
• education

Location

Derby:

Description

The Step up to Social Work programme is funded by the Department for Education (DfE) with the intention of raising the standard of social workers who work in children's statutory services. The programme recruits high calibre candidates who have a 2:2 degree and who already have experience of working with vulnerable children, young people or adults who want to train as social workers. The DfE have announced that they will fund a cohort 8 of the Step up to Social Work programme and the EMRP is seeking to contract a Higher Education Institution (HEI) to work with the East Midlands EMRP to deliver and quality assure a Cohort 8 Step Up to Social Work Programme to train students who will be attached to Local Authorities in the East Midlands Region. Derby City Council is acting as the lead authority in the procurement of this new contract on behalf of all Local Authorities in the EMRP

Award Detail

Renewal Options

Initial term of 17 months with an option to extend into cohort 9 for another 24 months.

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 80300000 - Higher education services

Indicators

• Options are available.

Other Information

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