Published date: 18 January 2023

Last edited date: 10 February 2023

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 15 February 2023, 5pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research services - 73110000

Location of contract

S3 8JY

Value of contract

£0 to £50,000

Procurement reference

Social Work England 10432

Published date

18 January 2023

Closing date

15 February 2023

Closing time

5pm

Contract start date

13 March 2023

Contract end date

31 July 2023

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Social Work England are committed to learning about social work and understanding the profession and people's experiences. We want to make a unique contribution to the evolution of regulation, inform our work as the new specialist regulator and provide a detailed picture of social work in England. Research forms a key aspect of this goal.

The objective of this tender exercise/procurement is to undertake a research study into the supervision and assessment of practice learning, including but not limited to the role of the practice educator in qualifying and post-qualifying social work education in England. From this piece of research, we want to understand:

* the experiences, including attitudes, perceptions and barriers, of social workers who undertake the supervision and assessment of practice learning;
*what motivates social workers to qualify as practice educators, or to continue as practice educators, and the barriers to recruiting and retaining social workers to undertake this role;
*perceptions of existing standards and training requirements in relation to practice education and the role of the practice educator in England across pre-registration and post-qualifying education;
*what lessons we can learn from existing models of supervision and assessment of practice learning from education providers and employers across England ;
*what lessons we can learn from existing research into practice education, supervision and assessment of practice learning in England;
*how to develop our approach to regulating social workers who undertake the supervision and assessment of practice learning;

**Please note - our maximum budget for this procurement/contract is £50,000.00 (inc. VAT)

**IMPORTANT - The word count for Non-price/Quality Question 2 is confirmed at 1500 words max. (there was a discrepancy between two sections of the Invitation to Tender that stated both 1250/1500 words)**

More information

Attachments

  • SOCIAL WORK ENGLAND LATEST T&C's.docx
  • Technical specifications
  • Social Work England's latest Standard Terms and Conditions **Please note, bidders are not to complete any part of this document when submitting a tender. This document is for information purposes only at this stage**

About the buyer

Contact name

Jonathan Lee

Address

1 North Bank
Sheffield
S3 8JY
United Kingdom

Telephone

01145533211

Email

tenders@socialworkengland.org.uk