Children and young people leaving care
Care leavers' charter, council responsibilities and support. Staying put arrangements.
Services
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Leaving foster or local authority care
Leaving foster or local council care - support from your council, review meetings and financial help
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Children adopted from care and the pupil premium: template letter
A template local authorities can use to tell alternative education providers how to claim the pupil premium for children adopted from care.
Guidance and regulation
- Children Act 1989: transition to adulthood for care leavers
- Staying put: arrangements for care leavers aged 18 years and above
- Extending Personal Adviser support to age 25
- Applying corporate parenting principles to looked-after children and care leavers
- Children Act 1989: family and friends care
News and communications
- Rough sleeping funding: grant determination letter
- Staying Put grant: determination letter
- Care leavers feel they left care too early, Ofsted finds
- Transformational investment in children’s social care placements
- £51 million for councils to support care leavers
Research and statistics
- Northern Ireland Care Leavers 2020/21
- ‘Ready or not’: care leavers’ views of preparing to leave care
- Childrens Social Care Statistics for Northern Ireland 2020/21
- Children Adopted from Care in Northern Ireland 2020/21
- Northern Ireland Care Leavers 2019/20
Policy papers and consultations
- Department for Work and Pensions: Care Leaver Covenant offer
- Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government: Care Leaver Covenant offer
- Department for Education: Care Leaver Covenant offer
- Foreign & Commonwealth Office: Care Leaver Covenant offer
- Attorney General’s Office: Care Leaver Covenant offer