First stages of social work accreditation could cost £3.5 million

Accrediting the first wave of children’s social workers could cost up to £3.5 million, a government contract tender has revealed.
A tender process for delivering the government’s ‘alpha’ and ‘beta’ phase of accreditation was published last week, and put a maximum £3.5 million cost on accrediting up to 2,300 social workers between January 2018 and January 2020.
The government announced last month it would slow down the rollout of accreditation. Its