Leaving care
Before you turn 16 you will meet your personal advisor (PA). They will support you and work alongside you and your social worker to plan for when you leave our care.
They will continue to help and support you beyond 18. You will have a pathway plan that helps you and your personal advisor work out what you want to achieve in the future, build on your strengths, listen to your views and work out what level of support you need to achieve these goals. You and your personal advisor will review your plan every 6 months or sooner.
Your personal advisor (PA)
Your personal advisor will visit you at home and other places that you feel safe and comfortable.
They will make sure they keep in touch with you as often as you want but as a minimum it will be face to face once every two months.
They are there to help and support you with all parts of your life and you can contact them whenever you want. We want to know about all of the great things that you are doing so we can celebrate these with you!
Preparing to leave care
To make sure that you are ready to leave our care when you are 18 your social worker, personal advisor and other important people in your life will work alongside you to help you to become more independent and plan for the future.
This will include completing direct work with adults in your life who will support you to be ready for independence. This will include support around the following:
- Earning and managing your money
- Your cooking skills
- Your wellbeing
- Managing your home
- Making friends and expanding your networks
- Managing appointments... and much more
We know, because you have told us that consistent relationships are really important to you.
We therefore will not change your personal advisor unless we have to, or you want us to.
We will talk about this with you before we make any changes and make sure you have the chance to say goodbye and ‘hello’ to your new personal advisor.