Corporate parenting, the local offer and personal adviser support

Overview

We are consulting on three sets of guidance to accompany sections 1 – 3 of the Children and Social Work Act 2017.

Why We Are Consulting

The Children and Social Work Act 2017 received Royal Assent on 27 April 2017. During passage of the Bill and as part of legislation, the government committed to consulting on and providing guidance to support the delivery of the new legislative requirements. We are seeking views on:

• Draft statutory guidance for local authorities on applying the corporate parenting principles to care and pathway planning;
• An illustrative local offer for care leavers and accompanying guidance on the local offer for local authorities; and
• Draft statutory guidance on extending the offer of personal adviser support for care leavers to age 25.

The consultation will run for 6 weeks.