Decision details
Apprenticeship Programme for Social Work (Degree) procurement
Decision Maker: Service Director - Corporate Services
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
Purpose:
The council, like other local authority areas
across England has a skills gap and challenge in recruiting
qualified social workers. There is therefore ambition and planning
underway to ‘Grow Our Own’ social workers in both
Community Well Being and Children and Young Peoples directorates to
address this issue. One mechanism for this is through the
development and delivery of social work apprenticeships.
As a large employer the council is required to make a mandatory
contribution to the government apprenticeship levy pot. However,
the council is also able to benefit from this levy to fund
Apprenticeship courses directly from the levy.
The successful Apprenticeship provider will be required to draw
down the funding directly from the government Apprenticeship levy.
The maximum that can be claimed for each Apprentice is
£23,000 for the three year Social Work (degree)
Apprenticeship programme. The council is seeking to train up to 16
Apprentices starting in 2023. Therefore, the maximum contract value
will be £368,000 which requires an open tender process to
procure a provider.
The provider must be registered on the Register of Approved
Training
Providers to deliver an approved apprenticeship leading to a degree
level qualification in social work.
Contact: Tracey Sampson, Director of HR and OD Email: Tracey.Sampson@herefordshire.gov.uk Tel: 01432 383715.
Publication date: 02/02/2023
Date of decision: 18/01/2023
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