Preparation and Care Planning

PRACTICE EXAMPLES, TOOLS and RESOURCES  

8. PREPARATION AND CARE PLANNING 

8.1
Tools and resources
Preparation and planning policies (including statutory duties) for transition to adult life
Stockton on Tees - Transition to adult services procedures

8.2
Practice examples                
Transition to adult services
Transitional planning - Hackney


8.2
Tools and resources
Transition to adult services policies and preparation for independence tools
Transition to Adult Services - Bath and North East Somerset
Transition to Adult Services Protocol - Tower Hamlets 
Middlesbrough - Transition to adult services for disabled young people
Middlesbrough - Procedure re. joint working document - between Children's Disability Team and the Leaving Care Team
Middlesbrough - Transition request form

8.3
Tools and resources
Needs assessments and Pathway Plans as in Children Leaving Care Act:Pathway assessment tools
Bath and NE Somerset - Needs Assessment
Barnsley - Comprehensive needs assessment tool
Staffordshire - 15plus assessment form
Surrey - Pathway Assessment and Guidance 

Pathway plans and guidance
Bath and NE Somerset - Pathway Plan
NWACF - Pathway PlanNWACF (North West After Care Forum) - Assessments and Pathway Planning notes
Surrey - Pathway Plan and Guidance YHNE (Northern Leaving Care Consortium) Regional Pathway Plan 

8.4
Tools and resources
Pathway Plan with assessment & support for family relationships
Thinking about my future – Young people’s self assessment questionnaire for leaving care support
Surrey - Pathway Assessment and Guidance
Surrey - Pathway Plan and Guidance


8.5
Tools and resources
Assessment & plan for support for community participation – Not yet available 

8.6
Practice examples               
Contact, planning and review in custody and resettlement after custody
Contact and planning for young people in custody - Northumberland
Contact provision for young people in custody - Hull
Contact with young people in custody - Tower Hamlets 

8.6
Tools and resources
Pathway Plan for young people in custody and resettlement needs
Procedures for young people in young offending institutions (YOIs) -  Northumberland
Tell them not to forget us - A guide to practice with looked after children in custody (National Children’s Bureau)

8.7
Practice examples               
Pathway planning for unaccompanied asylum seeking young people – Not yet available  

8.7
Tools and resources
Pathway Plans for unaccompanied asylum seeking young people - status and plan for possible outcomes
Save the Children - Unaccompanied refugee and asylum seekers turning 18 

8.8
Tools and resources
Assessment tool - timely implementation of pathway plans
NCH Calderdale - Pathway Plan Review  

8.9
Tools and resources
Assessment tool – impact of pathway planning on young people’s transition to adulthood – Not yet available