Leaving care (Local Offer for Care Leavers)
Eligibility and knowing your rights
Eligibility
To get the support and services explained in these pages (known as our 'local offer' for care leavers), you must have been in care for at least 13 weeks since you reached age 14, including some time after your 16th birthday.
Your rights
We will:
- Provide you with a personal adviser shortly after your 16th birthday
- Give you the support of a personal adviser, until you are age 25, unless you tell us otherwise
- Support you up to age 25
- Review your Pathway Plan and support you to plan for the future
- Help you with money for your work, education or training
- Provide or pay for accommodation during college or university holidays if you are studying away from home
- Contribute towards living expenses near to your job, education or training
- Provide you with financial support if you are in higher education
- Provide you with other financial support where needed
- Keep in touch with you
- Visit you regularly
Access to records
You have the right to see the information we hold about you.
It's free, and your personal adviser can provide support to help you do this.
For more information, see Children and young people in care and care leavers: Accessing information we hold about you.