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 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.

Examples of Care leavers in a sentence

• Care leavers Local authorities have ongoing responsibilities to young people who cease to be looked after and become care leavers.

• However, this may be waived for certain designated cases (e.g. Care leavers and Armed Forces personnel in housing need and who have medium local connection) or in other exceptional circumstances at the discretion of the Housing Needs Manager.

• Impact for Children:• Care leavers are aware of any relevant health histories, enabling them to access better quality medical care in later life for themselves and ensure that their own children’s health care is also informed by any relevant familial factors, improving health outcomes for themselves and their families.

• Care leavers could be included as a variable within the Higher Education Information Management System (HEIMS) to be reported consistently by all higher education institutions as part of the student census.

• Accepted homeless households, Care leavers and those placed in specialised housing, (but continuing to receive services), outside the Borough will also meet the local residency qualification as long as they fulfil the continuous 6 year residential qualification.

• Care leavers are expected to receive support from their responsible authority (the local authority that last looked after them) up to their 25th birthday if they so wish and are eligible.

• Care leavers aged from 18 and up until their 21st birthday (or up until the education or training they were engaged in on their 21st birthday ceases), or whom are still owed a leaving care duty by Hertfordshire County Council, will be awarded a Band B preference once they are assessed as ready for independent accommodation.

• Care leavers in full time further education can also claim income support.

• The learners’ self- efficacy feelings and a particular subject area academic self-concept transfer.

• Care leavers are a cohort of young people who are vulnerable to abuse due to their previous experiences and often their lack of ‘belonging’.

More Definitions of Care leavers

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

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. 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 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.