Issue details

Councils have a responsibility to provide a range of support services to children who have a Special Guardianship Order and their families. This includes, but is not limited to, counselling, advice, information, financial support.
As of April 2016 children who are cared for by a Special Guardian and who were previously in care are eligible to be assessed for a bespoke package of therapeutic support. This support is paid for by the Department for Education via the Adoption Support Fund.
This decision to approve the contract that Bristol City Council officers will use to purchase Adoption Support Funded packages of therapeutic support.
(Please note that this decision only relates to packages of support for children cared for by a special guardian, and not adopted. Adoption support services have been regionalised to Adoption West)