Services for Children Leaving Care
Services for Children Leaving Care
Eligible Children
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Eligible children are young people aged 16 and 17 who have been looked after for at least 13 weeks since the age of 14 and are still being looked after.
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More »Relevant Children
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Relevant children are young people aged 16 and 17 who have been looked after for at least 13 weeks since the age of 14 and who have been looked after at some time after their 16th birthday, and who have now left care.
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More »Former Relevant Children
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Former relevant children are young people aged between 18 – 21 who have been either eligible or relevant children or both. If, at the age of 21, the young person is still being helped by the responsible authority with education or training, then he or she remains a former relevant child.
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More »Qualifying Children
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Qualifying children are young people who - leave care after 1st October 2001 after the age of 16 but who are not eligible or relevant because they did not fulfil the 13 week criteria
- left care before 1st October 2001
- were accommodated, in a variety of other settings, for example residential education, or mental/health provision or private fostering.
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More »Assessment of Needs
More »Pathway Plan
More »Personal Advisor
More »Where to obtain further information and support
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