Contract for an Evaluation Framework for the North East Social Work Alliance

The North East Social Work Alliance (NESWA) is an alliance made up of 12 Local Authorities and 4 campus based universities in the North East of England, the Open University and the North East Association of Directors of Children and Adult Services. The aim of the Alliance is to build on strong historic partnerships within the region, and strengthen existing good practice in relation to social work education, particularly in the context of Teaching Partnerships and pre-qualifying awards. This contract is for the appointment of a suitable organisation to undertake an evaluation of the outputs and outcomes of the work carried out by the NESWA.