Statutory guidance

Children Act 1989: transition to adulthood for care leavers

Volume 3: statutory guidance for local authorities on helping care leavers aged 16 and 17 prepare for adulthood.

From:
Department for Education
Published
27 October 2010
Last updated
1 February 2022 — See all updates

Applies to England

Documents

Children Act 1989: planning transition to adulthood for care leavers

Ref: DfE-00554-2010

PDF, 1.45 MB, 125 pages

Details

This statutory guidance is for:

  • personal advisers
  • children’s services social workers
  • frontline managers who have particular responsibilities for care leavers and looked-after children
  • lead members in local authorities
  • directors of children’s services
  • managers of services for care leavers and looked-after children
  • commissioners of services for care leavers and looked-after children

This is volume 3 in a series of 5 related statutory guidance publications.

What legislation does this guidance relate to?

This guidance is issued as part of a suite:

Updates to this page

Published 27 October 2010
Last updated 1 February 2022 + show all updates

  1. Made minor amendments to the guidance for local authorities when responding to Subject Access Requests (SARs) to reflect changes to data protection legislation.

  2. Updated chapter 7 to include further information on suitable accommodation.

  3. Added updated version of the guidance document. It now includes a reference to siblings (page 22) and an additional paragraph on not moving a young person during the academic year after their 18th birthday (page 46).

  4. Updated 'The Children Act 1989 Guidance and Regulations' document.

  5. Updated guidance added.

  6. First published.

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