This page describes how you can access further support for a looked after child once they reach 16 years:
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- Kinship Carers
- What kind of Kinship Carer are you?
- “Looked After” Children
- Being Looked After
- Child’s Plan
- Emergency Placement
- Looked After and Accommodated
- Continued Support and Reviews
- Permanent Placement of a Child with Carers
- Offering Permanent Care to a Child who is Placed in Foster Care
- Seeking Parental Rights and Responsibilities
- A Kinship Care Order
- Types of Kinship Care Assistance
- Financial Assistance for a Kinship Care Order
- Continuing Care and Aftercare
- Additional Support for Learning
- Your Legal Rights and Responsibilities
- Benefit Information
- Universal Credit
- Benefits for Care Leavers
- Case Studies
- “Non Looked After” Children
- Informal Kinship Carers
- Being Informal
- Children in Need
- Additional Support for Learning
- Your Legal Rights and Responsibilities
- Applying for a Kinship Care Order
- Kinship Care Assistance
- Types of Kinship Care Assistance
- Benefit Information
- Benefit Entitlements for a Child in an Informal Relationship
- Universal Credit
- Case Studies
- Policy
- Support
- News
- Info & Resources
- Kinship Kids
Continuing Care and Aftercare
In this section:
- “Looked After” Children
- Being Looked After
- Child’s Plan
- Emergency Placement
- Looked After and Accommodated
- Continued Support and Reviews
- Permanent Placement of a Child with Carers
- Offering Permanent Care to a Child who is Placed in Foster Care
- Seeking Parental Rights and Responsibilities
- A Kinship Care Order
- Types of Kinship Care Assistance
- Financial Assistance for a Kinship Care Order
- Continuing Care and Aftercare
- Additional Support for Learning
- Your Legal Rights and Responsibilities
- Benefit Information
- Universal Credit
- Benefits for Care Leavers
- Case Studies