SC20033 - Step up to Social Work Programme

Tender description

<p>Kent County Council, acting on behalf of the Kent &amp; 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&rsquo;s social workers well for the task of statutory children&rsquo;s social work.</p> <p><strong>The negotiated procedure without prior publication for future Cohorts.</strong></p> <ul> <li>In the event that funding for the repetition of similar training for additional Cohorts is granted to the Council by the Department for Education (DfE) in the future, the Council shall reserve the right to purchase the supply of such services directly from the Provider to which the Council awarded the original contract for these services (i.e. training for Cohort 7) in accordance with Regulation 32 (9)-(12) (Additional ground relevant to new works or services which repeat similar ones) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.</li> <li>The Council shall reserve this right for up to 3 years following the conclusion of the original contract.</li> <li>The total estimated cost of subsequent services for additional Cohorts (in addition to Cohort 7) shall be &pound;360,000.</li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> Keywords: Social Work