§ Mr. HinchliffeTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what progress has been made in the development and implementation of the Central Council for Education and Training in Social Work post-qualifying framework for social work training; what has been spent so far; how many post-qualifying awards have been made to date; and how many it is expected will be made within the next 12 months.
§ Mr. YeoThe Central Council for Education and Training in Social Work (CCETSW) is in the process of developing a framework for post-qualifying education and training social work, with funding provided by the Government. A five-year implementation plan commenced in 1991–92 as part of the overall Government training strategy.
The framework will be implemented by 30 regionally-based consortia composed of educational institutions and employing agencies in the statutory and independent sectors. Fifteen of these have been established and the others are in the process of being established. It is anticipated that United Kingdom-wide coverage will be completed by mid-1993 and that they will have completed their development work by mid-1995.
Expenditure by CCETSW on the development and implementation of the new arrangements in England, Wales and Northern Ireland between 1989–90 and 1992–93 amounts to £1.2 million.
CCETSW anticipates that 40 awards will be made in 1993–94 and that thereafter numbers will increase considerably.