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Post-18 living arrangements for children in care
… UK have led to the development of arrangements known as
Staying
Put
in England , When I am Ready in Wales and Continuing Care … has yet to be enshrined in law. Read more about
Staying
Put
Read more about When I am Ready Principles of …
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Post-18 care
… to. This provision is now legally in place and is known as
Staying
Put
in England (2014) and When I Am Ready in Wales (2016). In … the UK, and while the numbers of young people
staying
with their foster families have increased year on …
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Fostering Inquiry (England)
… submissions - one focusing on fostering and another on
staying
put
, both of which are available to download from this page. … Network - written evidence to Fostering Inquiry -
Staying
Put
Tags: …
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Tax and national insurance contributions
… care, shared lives care (formerly called adult placement),
staying
put
care (where a young person who was fostered remains past … under 11 £250 per week per child aged 11+ (including any
Staying
Put
young people) Example: child aged 8 is placed for …
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National fostering stocktake (England)
… guardianship orders or adoption to avoid the problems of
staying
put
. The report is pre-occupied with legal orders rather than … outcomes for children and young people in foster care; and
staying
put
implementation issues. The stocktake report was …
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November Campaigns Update
… another addressing issues around the implementation of ‘
staying
put
’. The next stage will be oral evidence, which we hope to … that will make foster care better. Talking of surveys, our
Staying
Put
submission was partly informed by a survey of …
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Navigating the benefits system
… confused as to what a foster carer should go under. I was
put
in the category to look for a job and training. I … are being used to subsidise post-18 arrangements, such as
Staying
Put
, When I am Ready, Going the Extra Mile and … it risks undermining the strong relational benefits of
staying
on in the same family environment. As one foster …
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Foster carer Dave knows the challenges young people face when leaving care
… expected grades. After lots of toing and froing she is now
staying
with us post 18. We spoke to LA about messing with … we felt we had no choice otherwise RW would end up either
staying
in an empty university or coming back and
staying
in … would not be an option so either we do what we can or LA
put
her into bed and breakfast. I explained to the LA that my …
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Fostering Better Outcomes: A message to foster carers from our chief executive
… There must be a greater financial commitment to
Staying
Put
. In particular, there should be a national minimum
staying
put
allowance, and an expectation of no financial …
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Care leavers celebrated during #NCLW and #TickTheBox
… to talk about the Government plans to extend the
Staying
Put
scheme – from 21 to 23, which allows young people to stay … carers who say there several barriers stopping children
staying
put
such as low levels of financial support and …
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News Story
Select committee report into homelessness welcomed
… years a lack of support from their corporate parent can
put
them at a disadvantage when it comes to being able to … to their peers who may still receive familial support. '
Staying
Put
has gone a long way to supporting fostered young people post-18 but we cannot leave those for who
Staying
Put
is not right or available at the risk of …
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Care leavers strategy published in England
… Network, which campaigned for the introduction of
Staying
Put
, has continuously called for the programme to be … Government’s commitment to reviewing the implementation of
Staying
Put
will acknowledge this and we look forward to …
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