Care leavers definition

Care leavers means persons who are former relevant children (within the meaning given by section 23C(1) of the Children Act 1989);

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Care leavers means persons who are former relevant children (within the meaning given by section 23C(1) of the Children Act 1989). The statutory guidance Section 3 of the Children & Social Work Act 2017 widened the criteria to introduce a new duty to provide Personal Advisers (PA) to support all care leavers up to the age of 25, if they want this support. Click on the link below to see the statutory guidance. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attach ment_data/file/683701/Extending_Personal_Adviser_support_to_all_care_leavers_to

Examples of Care leavers in a sentence

Information may have to be shared among different service providers to provide an effective service to Care leavers.
Relates to the local authority duty and responsibility to ensure partnerships forged between relevant agencies in the interests of Care leavers and looked after children and the moral obligation to provide the opportunities and supports that any good family would provide including to address the legacy of significant early disadvantage.
Care leavers will be prepared towards independent living through their pathway plan and the support and advice of their Personal Advisor (PA) as well as other professionals involved in their development.
The new Scheme will be targeted at students from Low Participation Neighbourhoods in key partner target schools and colleges, and will include Access to HE Diploma students, Care leavers and Disabled students.
Engaging Care leavers in decision-making about their own lives, identifying problems and solutions, taking responsibility for success or failure builds self-esteem, confidence and skills.
We can also review the city’s collective responsibility to young Care leavers to improve access to permanent accommodation.
Priority groups will include: Lower socio-economic groups (NS-SEC 4 to 8) with a target of 66 per cent of participants in activities recruited from these groups Disadvantaged socio-economic groups living in areas of high deprivation (rank Index of Multiple Deprivation 2004<13000) with a target of 66 per cent of participants recruited from these groups Care leavers and looked-after children in the care system People with a disability or specific learning difficulty Vocational and work-based learners.
Care leavers We offer a specific support package for care leavers, which includes a named contact to support with all aspects of university life, budgeting sessions, accommodation all year round, assistance when applying for financial support, support with childcare and support into employment or further study.
Care leavers offers are accompanied with an invite to free participation in the UofG summer school.
Eligibility criteria: • Care leavers – students who fit the eligibility criteria for the current care leavers study grant.

More Definitions of Care leavers

Care leavers. – means young people who have been looked after by the local authority and who the local authority has a duty to continue to support until they reach the age of 21 or remain in education or training (if longer). “Children at risk of harm” – means children about whom there are concerns that they are or may be at risk of suffering harm though abuse or neglect, including any child named on the Child Protection Register.

Care leavers means those young people who leave the ‘care of the local authority’. Young people formally leave care at age 18 years but provision under section 104 of the 2014 Act covers provisions for care leavers aged 16, 17,18, 21 and 25 years as appropriate. Care leavers can, therefore, be adults or children depending on their age.

Care leavers. 2 means students aged 16-25 who have been in Care at some point since they were 14 years old and/or were in Care on or after their 16th birthday. UK resident Care Leavers are statutorily entitled to some ongoing help and support from their local authority after they leave Care.

Care leavers. We are part of the 'We Care' partnership which has representation from HUWPG and the four local authorities in the area. This group works together to ensure care leavers are given extra opportunities and additional support to access higher education. In 2014-15, we will host a good practice conference on behalf of the We Care partnership. BME work: A working group (created in 2013/14) will audit existing programmes which support recruitment, progression, retention and attainment by BME students with a view to sharing resources and developing further good practice in this area. We will seek to develop opportunities to engage collectively with BME communities either through existing events such as Black History month and the Southampton Mela or through the development of targeted subject-specific activities. Disability: The HUWPG partnership has established a collaborative disability network (during 2013-14) to develop a range of projects providing support for disabled young people who have the potential to progress to HE.

Care leavers. 2 means students aged 16-25 who have been in Care at some point since they were 14 years old and/or were in Care on or after their 16th birthday. UK resident