Source: https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13c0d-6d31-739a-abb8-202bcd925b80/social-work-teaching-partnerships-expansion-applications-for-funding-existing closed GB open procedure Suitable for SMEs # Social Work Teaching Partnerships expansion - applications for funding (existing and new) from April 2018 - Please note that this is a grant. [Department For Education](https://tendernation.io/buyers/department-for-education) Open field Estimated value Not stated Published 1 Dec 2017 Deadline Closed 21 Jan 2018 ## Who can bid - Buyer says suitable for SMEs The buyer ticked “suitable for SMEs” on the notice. Anyone can still bid. - Buyer says suitable for VCSEs The buyer ticked “suitable for voluntary, community and social enterprises” on the notice. - Open procedure Anyone can submit a full tender; there is no shortlisting stage. [More contracts for small businesses and VCSEs](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/for-small-businesses) ## About this tender See 'Attachments' for a word version of the description and further information. The Governments teaching partnerships programme brings universities and local authorities together to deliver high quality training for social workers. These partnerships aim improve the recruitment, retention and development of social workers and the overall quality of practice. We define a social work teaching partnership as: 'an accredited collaboration between HEIs and employers which delivers high quality training for social work students and qualified practitioners and equips them to practise to specified standards in statutory settings. ' Social work teaching partnerships are an opportunity to give social work students the right knowledge and skills, and creating outstanding qualified practitioners. Existing partnerships are already developing the right environments for excellent practice and innovation to flourish. We expect all teaching partnerships, new and existing to exercise high standards in training and support for professional practice and to exemplify what can be done as we move towards the establishment of a new regulator for the social work profession. Teaching partnerships offer a great opportunity for working together to invest in the highest standards of social work education and practice. They provide the chance to ensure that we have more good placements available for students, more support for practice educators and more input from practicing social workers and people with lived experience in educating social work students. In turn, this will help to create and sustain a learning culture for social workers and organisations. This third expansion of the teaching partnership programme marks a long-term commitment to academic rigor and valued research. Making sure practice is at the heart of all that we do is the key focus of this Government's social care reform strategy. Teaching partnerships form a very important part of this. We all have a responsibility to make sure that, children, families and vulnerable adults receive the help and protection they need. Our expansion plans look to cement important collaborations between universities and local authorities to ensure a steady stream of high-calibre social workers to the frontline. We now aim to fund further partnerships, new and existing, from 2018, subject to successful assessment of applications. Additional information: Deadline for receipt of tender (time and date): • Existing Teaching Partnership applications 21 January 2018 (midnight Sunday) • New Teaching Partnership applications 4 February 2018 (midnight Sunday) Return of applications: Applications must be sent electronically via email to the Social Work Reform Unit at: quoting "TP expansion 2018 \[TP Name / Region\]" in the subject heading. We may also publish FAQs and anonymised questions and answers on Contracts Finder to help partnerships with their applications. Questions deemed to be commercially sensitive will be answered separately by email Read full description ## CPV classification Education and training services Source Contracts Finder (UK) [View official notice](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/46ce7e69-d432-4ebd-8bec-a1eadb78e22b) Never miss a tender like this again Get AI summaries, deadline alerts and a bid pipeline for tenders matched to your business. Free to start. 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