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Staying Put Guidance Haringey Council

Young people aged 18 are no longer legally in ‘Care’ and therefore fostering arrangements no longer apply. This Guidance sets out the arrangements needed should a carer and young person wish to seek to extend a placement beyond the young person’s 18th birthday and the conditions and criteria required for this to happen. This arrangement is referred to as Staying Put.

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Summary presentation - Guidance for considering care experience in Equality Impact Assessments

This is the launch presentation at the Treating Care Experience as if it were a Protected Characteristic conference. Guidance for considering care experience in Equality Impact Assessments created by Faye McCarthy who is the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Business Partner at Cambridgeshire County Council

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Supplementary Planning Guidance: Embedding Housing & Employment Support for Care Leavers (SDP)

Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) – Care Leavers’ Housing and Support This Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) provides practical guidance for councils on how to embed support for care leavers in local planning decisions.

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Support for care leavers resource pack published by LGA

This was published by the Local Government Association in 2017 and gives various case studies in respect of the upper tier councils and the Local Offer.

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Supporting care experienced parents in and leaving care Charter

We would like all Local Authorities in the UK to adopt this charter. Please download and put forward to your Corporate Parenting. The Charter seeks to eliminate discrimination and automatic pre-birth assessements of care experienced parents.

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Supporting children aged 16 and 17 who need help when they are homeless

The "Supporting Children Aged 16 and 17 Who Need Help When They Are Homeless" guidance highlights the need for local authorities to provide appropriate, informed, and child-centred responses when 16- and 17-year-olds present as homeless.

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Supporting looked after children and care leavers in the Criminal Justice System

Emergent themes and strategies for change. Dr Claire Fitzpatrick is Lecturer in Criminology at Lancaster University, Patrick Williams is Senior Lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University and Darren Coyne is Projects and Development Manager at The Care Leavers’ Association

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Supporting parents in and leaving care CASCADE Charter

This charter was developed with care-experienced parents and professionals who work for charities and local authorities. The charter sets out what we will do to help you plan for being a parent, how we will support when you become a parent and what we will do to challenge stigma and disadvantage.

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Terry Galloway Talking to BBC News 24 about Protected Characteristics

Terry Galloway talking on BBC News 24 about Protected Characteristics as Cumberland Council passes motion,

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The designated teacher for looked- after and previously looked-after children

The designated teacher for looked-after and previously looked-after children Statutory guidance on their roles and responsibilities February 2018 This is statutory guidance from the Department for Education, issued under sections 20(4) and 20A(4) of the Children and Young Persons Act 2008.

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