City council to procure £600k childcare advocacy barrister services

The range of cases to be supported include the following:

• Childcare cases
• Discharges of s.31 care orders
• Adoption applications
• Secure accommodation orders
• Forced marriage
• Female genital mutilation
• Honour based violence

The contract will be for an initial period of 6 months, but may be extended at the sole discretion of the council for a further period of up to 12 months. The 12 month extension may be broken up into smaller extensions up to a maximum of 12 months.

The contract, which is worth an estimated £600,000, is expected to run from 2 March 2018.