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);

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).

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

• The University will also provide a Care Leavers Bursary Scheme, which will be available to verified Care Leavers on a first come, first served basis.

• This work will be informed by the National Network for the Education of Care Leavers.

• The Widening Participation Planning Group has a focus on working with specific target groups, which include: Looked-After Young People and Care Leavers, NNCO schools which do not form part of NCOP and Y7 and 8 pupils in NCOP schools, mature and part time learners, young carers, and current HE students from non-traditional backgrounds.

• The scheme will normally provide Care Leavers with £7000 of benefits over the three years of their programme.

• The HEART Manager, in the role as representative for Yorkshire and Humber on the National Network for the Education of Care Leavers, supported the successful application for the NNECL SPoC and continues to ensure that activities in West Yorkshire are reported to the NNECL.

• Care Leavers will be expected to engage in Tenancy readiness training which will be based on the JPPB (Housing) Moving on Moving in Toolkit.

• The University of Liverpool has a specific programme of activity aimed at Looked After Children and has been awarded the Xxxxx Xxxxxx Trust Quality Mark for its Plan of Commitment to Care Leavers.

• Care Leavers are supported to develop positive personal and professional support networks and relationships.

• The University sits on the board of a pan-Sussex Care Leavers Group in order to sustain the collaborative approach adopted by FE and HE institutions in this area of work.

• Our Care Leaver Application Process The Care Leavers co-ordinator, CLC, oversees this process.

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. 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 Care Leavers are statutorily entitled to some ongoing help and support from their local authority after they leave Care.