Published date: 10 January 2018

Last edited date: 10 January 2018

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 1 March 2017

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£232,007

Procurement reference

RD1000566

Published date

10 January 2018

Closing date

1 March 2017

Contract start date

1 May 2017

Contract end date

30 March 2020

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

The overall aim of this research study is to investigate the longer-term outcomes for Frontline cohorts 1 to 5 and Step Up cohorts 4 and 5, such as employment destinations, rate of career progression and retention within child and family social work; through tracking, surveying and interviewing.

The Contractor has agreed to use all reasonable endeavours (via tracking,
surveying and interviewing) to achieve the following objectives to identify:
1. the employment destinations and trajectories of fast-track graduates after they complete the Step Up or Frontline programmes;
2. the retention rates within social work over time for each of the fast-track cohorts;
3. whether fast-track graduates entering social work progress to supervision or leadership roles and if so, how quickly;
4. the longer team career plans and aspirations of fast-track graduates;
5. the destinations of fast-track graduates exiting the programmes before completion, those completing the programmes but choosing to not enter social work, and those entering social work but subsequently leaving, and why;
6. the push/ pull factors affecting retention in child and family social work amongst fast-track graduates;
7. whether the typology of career trajectories developed in previous Step Up studies are transferable to Frontline graduates, and what this typology says about supervising and managing the workforce;
8. the coping strategies employed by fast-track graduates and what impact these strategies could have on future workforce management.

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Award information

Awarded date

29 March 2017

Contract start date

1 May 2017

Contract end date

30 March 2020

Total value of contract

£232,007

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Cardiff University

Address

30-36 Newport Road, Cardiff, CF24 0DE

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Davaughan Singh

Address

St Paul's Place, 125 Norfolk Street,
Sheffield
S1 2FJ
England

Email

davaughan.singh@education.gov.uk