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Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council

Childcare Solicitor KB

Business ServicesCPV 79000000
Value£50k
Awarded7 Sept 2023
Published4 Sept 2023
RegionWest Midlands
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£50ktotal contract value
median £66k
this tender£0£1.6m

This sits in the lower-middle of the Business Services band — a mid-scale opportunity. Based on 57,319 valued Business Services tenders in our corpus.

The brief

Job Title Childcare Solicitor Rate of Pay: £23.09 to £25.70 per hour PAYE (Inside IR35) Hours: 37 hours per week Location: Hybrid, office base Sandwell Council House, Freeth Street, Oldbury, B69 3DE Start Date: ASAP Contract type: Temporary, 12 weeks from start date Job Description and Personnel Specification are attached, which also provides more information above the role.

Brief description: We are looking for a Solicitor/Barrister to join our busy and supportive team dealing with children safeguarding.

The postholder will provide legal advice and advocacy to support the child protection function and in applications under the Children Act 1989 and Adoption and Children Act 2002.

Caseworker support will also be available.

A qualified solicitor/barrister is required with experience of providing child protection legal advice and advocacy who is able to work with minimal supervision.

Please can the agencies send over a CV, 2x up to date references and a copy of Terms and Conditions.

You will also need to include your agency on cost details to each submission.

Stated rates must be inclusive of all known costs.

No DBS is required for this role.

Please note this advert is also out with our Master Vendor You will receive further information regarding invoice terms if your candidate is appointed to this role.

Invoices must be sent electronically on a weekly basis to templink_1@sandwell.gov.uk along with your workers authorised timesheet supplied by your agency.

Payments are then released 14 days from the date of the invoice.

The Council will be using the In-tend e-Tendering System for this Procurement opportunity, please visit https://in-tendhost.co.uk/sandwellmbc to access the Sandwell MBC In-tend Supplier Portal.

From here you will be able to register your company, express an interest in the opportunity, and gain immediate access to the related documents.

To submit your documents, you will be required to opt in.

For a Step by Step user guide to the Sandwell MBC In-tend Supplier Portal please click on the `Guidance for Suppliers` section of the website.

All procurement responses must be carried out via the Sandwell MBC In-tend Supplier Portal.

If you require further assistance in respect of the system, please contact the In-tend support team on 0844 272 8810.

Closing Date: Thursday 7th September 2023 10:00am

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

The postholder will provide legal advice

The postholder will provide legal advice and advocacy to support the child protection function and in applications under the Children Act 1989 and Adoption and Children Act 2002.

02

Caseworker support will also be available

Caseworker support will also be available.

03

A qualified solicitor/barrister is required with experience

A qualified solicitor/barrister is required with experience of providing child protection legal advice and advocacy who is able to work with minimal supervision.

04

You will also need to include your

You will also need to include your agency on cost details to each submission.

05

Stated rates must be inclusive of all

Stated rates must be inclusive of all known costs.

Derived from the notice text — always confirm against the original documents.

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OCID
331e8e7a-4820-417c-9524-cb892f6d70e7
Stage
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Source
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Buyer ref
IT-230-7294-KB04092023
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