Consultation outcome

Reforming the Social Work Bursary

From:
Department of Health and Social Care
Published
14 May 2012
Last updated
31 May 2013 — See all updates
This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Applies to England

This consultation has concluded

Download the full outcome

Reforming the Social Work Bursary: Government Response

PDF, 223 KB, 31 pages

Detail of outcome

The government response to the consultation sets out how and why the social work bursary is being reformed.

Original consultation

Summary

A consultation reviewing the social work bursary scheme to ensure it attracts high quality candidates to study and work as social workers.

This consultation ran from
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Consultation description

This consultation reviewed the social work bursary scheme in order to ensure it continues to attract sufficient high quality candidates to come forward to study and work as social workers.

The response sets out how and why the bursary is being reformed. The new arrangements are:

  • keep an undergraduate bursary for years 2 and 3 to support those unable to work part-time due to course commitments

  • maintain the postgraduate bursary as it is to ensure a continuation of highly qualified graduates

  • cap the number of undergraduate and post-graduate bursary recipients to ensure a sufficient supply of high quality students is maintained

  • practice placement travel expenses will continue to be paid to eligible students who do not receive a bursary.

Documents

Social Work Bursary Consultation Document

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Social Work Bursary Consultation Impact Assessment

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Published 14 May 2012
Last updated 31 May 2013 + show all updates

  1. Updated to include consultation response.

  2. First published.