Market Engagement for Counselling and Support Services

Birmingham Children's Trust
West Midlands
Direct award
1 November 2025 to 31 October 2028

The service provides trauma-informed therapeutic support and Independent Sexual Violence Advocacy (ISVA) for children and young people up to 18 years of age, including care leavers up to 21. It encompasses direct counselling for victims and holistic wrap-around support for their families and carers. The service focuses on building resilience, psychological safety, and protective factors, with referrals primarily managed through the Birmingham Children's Trust.

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Awarded value: £1.3m; As published
Published: 8 May 2025
Awarded: 31 October 2025; Rape and Sexual Violence Project
Contract length: 36 months; Ends 31 October 2028

What the contract covers

Services contract

Provision of specialist therapeutic counselling and advocacy services for children and young people impacted by sexual abuse and exploitation.

Therapeutic services for children and young people impacted by sexual abuse, violence or exploitation and for their parents or carers, to minimise impacts on mental health and emotional wellbeing
Resilience-building and support for children and young people to promote their safety and wellbeing
Referral or facilitated access to specialist services where continuing or other needs are identified
Child Sexual Exploitation support for children and young people assessed as experiencing or emerging CSE, and their parents, carers and families
Independent Sexual Violence Advocacy, counselling/therapeutic support and supporter counselling/therapeutic support
Child-centred, strengths-based, trauma-informed and responsive support tailored to children and young people subjected to CSE
Wrap-around holistic support for families, parents/carers and professionals

Terms and requirements

Contract type: Services contract
Procedure: Direct award
Initial term: 36 months
Extensions: 12 months + 12 months
Longest it can run: 60 months
Contract dates: 1 November 2025 to 31 October 2028
Certifications asked for: None stated
Lots: 1
Suitable for SMEs: Yes
Suitable for charities and social enterprises: Yes
Category: Services
CPV codes: 85312300, 85312320

Services in this contract

Children and young people's domestic and sexual abuse supportMain service£174k typicalTherapeutic services for children affected by sexual abuse and violence
Child exploitation and missing children services£515k typicalSeparate child sexual exploitation support service

Lifecycle

Published
8 May 2025
Contract awardedto Rape and Sexual Violence Project
31 October 2025
Contract starts
1 November 2025
Contract ends
31 October 2028

The buyer

Birmingham Children's Trust

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Rape and Sexual Violence Project

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Cite this contract

Link: https://bidskim.com/tender/321392/market-engagement-for-counselling-and-support-services
Buyer reference: ocds-h6vhtk-050f2a
Open contracting ID: ocds-h6vhtk-050f2a
Last checked: 5 November 2026

Birmingham Children's Trust. Market Engagement for Counselling and Support Services. Contract award, 8 May 2025. BidSkim, https://bidskim.com/tender/321392/market-engagement-for-counselling-and-support-services (accessed 5 November 2026).