All the essential module reading and resources are here for your Supporting Children’s Transitions module. Click on the link to either download the resource or view on the original website, depending on the source.
You are not required to read anything here, they are all reference and background information and tools which you may find useful.
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Legislation and Guidance
Children Act 1989 Guidance and regulations Volume 3
Children (Leaving Care) Act 2000
Care Act 2014 & Guidance (espc chapter 16 & chapter 23)
Children and Families Act 2014 (espc. Part 3)
Special Educational Needs and Disability Code of Practice 0-25 years (2015)
Extending Personal Adviser support to all care leavers to age 25 (2018)
United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC)
Working Together to Safeguard Children 2018
See also local authority transition protocols and guidance.
Reports and Research
Townsley R, Marriott A and Ward L, Access to Independent Advocacy: An Evidence Review, Office for Disability Issues 2009
Useful Resources
Care Act 2014: transition from children’s to adults’ services – key resources; SCIE 2014
Adams, M; Brady, L; Johnson, M. An Advocate’s Guide to Complaints in England; Pavilion 2018
Care Act 2014 and Preparing for Adulthood Factcheets, Contact 2016
Transition Advocacy, Children Society
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