There are two main sources of funding to support care leavers set up their home: First Home Grant for care leavers entitled to aftercare support and Social Welfare Fund. All care leavers are entitled to a First Home Grant when moving in to their own home. This grant is provided…
If you have to leave where you are living on an emergency basis and find yourself homeless, you should contact your local housing office. If you have an allocated worker in social work, you can contact your worker. Contact details for the local housing offices are detailed below for during…
Family Group Decision Making can support a young person and their wider family to come together to agree a family plan to support their young person before a life-changing decision is made about their future. This is done through what we call a Family Group Meeting. What is a Family…
All individuals have a right to access and receive a copy of their ‘personal data’, that is the information that an organisations holds about you in their records. This is often referred to a as a subject access request. If you are care experienced, social work services in the local…
Lifelong Links aims to ensure that a child in care, or a young person or adult who has left care has a positive support network around them to help them during their time in care and into adulthood.
As a care leaver, you are entitled to advice guidance and support no matter where you live. This should be provided by the local authority that was involved with you when you experienced care. However, there are times when it is more appropriate that some or all of the support…
As a parent, we want to support you to make sure you can access the supports and services available to all parents in North Lanarkshire. Most children and young people get all the support and help they need from their parent(s)/carer(s), wider family and local community. There may be times,…
Who Cares? Scotland is a national organisation and one of the things we do is provide advocacy to Care Experienced children and young people. Who Cares? Scotland is active in North Lanarkshire and provides advocacy support to care experienced children and young people in the area. The provide a service…
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) is an international agreement setting out the civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights of every single child. This means Scotland and the UK agree that the rights of children should be protected and promoted in all areas of your life, including your rights to:…
It is essential that as a part of the early support for young people as they approach adulthood and prepare for leaving care that young people have access to the identification and accounts that are required in adulthood. The following list of documents and accounts should be considered for all…