Prospective
Local offer for care leaversN.I.
129. After Article 34F of the Children Order (Pathway Plans) insert—
“Local offer for care leavers
34G.—(1) An authority must publish information about—
(a)services which the authority offers for care leavers in the exercise of its functions under this Order;
(b)other services that the authority offers that may assist care leavers in, or in preparing for, adulthood and independent living.
(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1), services which may assist care leavers in, or in preparing for, adulthood and independent living include services relating to—
(a)health and well-being;
(b)relationships;
(c)education and training;
(d)employment;
(e)accommodation;
(f)participation in society.
(3) Where it considers appropriate, an authority must publish information about services for care leavers offered by others which the authority has power to offer as a result of its functions under this Order.
(4) Information required to be published by an authority under this Article is to be known as its “local offer for care leavers”.
(5) An authority must update its local offer for care leavers from time to time, as appropriate.
(6) Before publishing its local offer for care leavers (or any updated version) an authority must consult relevant persons about which of the services offered by the authority may assist care leavers in, or in preparing for, adulthood and independent living.
(7) In this Article—
“care leavers” means—
eligible children within the meaning given by Article 34A(3);
relevant children within the meaning given by Article 34B(2);
persons aged under 25 who are former relevant children within the meaning given by Article 34D(1);
persons qualifying for advice and assistance within the meaning given by Article 35(1);
“relevant persons”, in relation to an authority, means such care leavers and other persons as appear to the authority to be representative of care leavers in its area.”.
Commencement Information
I1S. 129 not in operation at Royal Assent, see s. 160(1)