Education and training services

Tender description

The step up to social work programme provides an accelerated entry route into social work for high-achieving graduates and career changers. It targets high calibre individuals who already have experience of working with children and young people and who want to train as social workers. Kent County Council, acting on behalf of the Kent and Medway Regional Partnership (KMRP), have submitted a bid to receive a grant from the Department for Education (DfE). The step up to social work programme provides an accelerated entry route into social work for high-achieving graduates and career changers. It targets high calibre individuals who already have experience of working with children and young people and who want to train as social workers. Subject to securing the funding from DfE, The Council needs to tender for an organisation to deliver the step up to social work programme, with the emphasis on ensuring the programme is well embedded within the employer base and prepares children’s social workers well for the task of statutory children’s social work. The purpose of this process is to engage and seek potential organisations who may be able to provide this service. A detailed specification for these services is currently under development (full details which may differ from the description in this notice and will be confirmed in the Invitation to Tender documentation). The tender is expected to be advertised w/c 7 December. Service commencement: 5 April 2021 What to do next? Providers that are interested but are not registered on the Kent Business Portal should register at the following address in the first instance: www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk For a step up to social work programme market engagement pack with the market engagement questionnaire please contact: Sophie Baker Practice Development Manager sophie.baker@kent.gov.uk 03000 414 057 Please respond to this PIN by providing your written response to the questionnaire in the market engagement pack by 12 p.m. 30 November 2020.