Supporting Youth Transition to Adulthood Services

Preparing for Adulthood

0-25 Transition Service Barnet has developed a new service within family services the 0-25 Transition Team We have created this team as young people, Parents and carers have told us that moving from being a child to a young adult is a time when big changes occur Informs our practice: SEND reforms, The Children and Families Act 2014, The Care Act 2014, Mental Capacity Act

Sarah Lowe Head of Service Dermot Kelly Transitions Manager Michelle Williams Christine Aldridge Sinead Flowers Malcolm Shopland Occupational Therapist 1 Admin and Project Support Team Manager Team Manager Care and Support Manager 2 5 1 Advanced Practitioner Social Worker Information and Resources Officer 1 2 Family Support Worker 1 Brokerage Officer Family Support Worker 5 Social Worker

To promote independence wherever possible. Provide consistency for families until transition at age 25 To build on collaborative inter-agency and multi professional working for children and young people with disabilities. To match need with resources to ensure additional support for children , young people and their families. To ensure children with disabilities can remain within their families wherever possible.

Transition means change: During this period, young people can experience changesin lots of areas of their lives. These changes may include: leaving education thinking about starting a job or work experience changes to their state benefits and finances moving into new accommodation changes to health and medical services - changes in any social care support changes to personal relationships For children and young people, their families and carer transition can be an exciting but also anxious time where there may be changes , new opportunities and new challenges. Parents. Young and carers have told us that Access to information, guidance and professional support is central to planning for transition.

Families with children who meet the threshold of severe and profound disability will be allocated a qualified Social Worker who will complete a children and families assessment Assessment will: consider the impact of the disability on all family members make a recommendation about support needed and, if no safeguarding or other issues, a children with disability plan (CWD plan) is put in place and reviewed annually A CWD plan can provide: Direct payments for parents to employ a carer to support them with personal care for the child Hours from a Homecare agency Respite for a family e.g. overnight stays or enabling a carer to be employed to look after the child to give the family a break A carer to support a child to attend activities

0-25 Service works closely with other social work teams, special educational needs teams, health to identify and track young people who will benefit from an Education Health Care Plan and specialist health and social care assessment How is this happening? A Transition tracking meeting involving health, education and social care is being developed We will meet regularly to identify the young people in transition and ensure all relevant agencies are involved in planning

When does planning start? The Act does not say that the child or young person has to be a certain age to be able to ask for an assessment. It says that local authorities must consider, in all cases, whether there would be a significant benefit to the individual in doing an assessment In Barnet at age 16-17.5 years old your son or daughter s needs may be assessed by adult services to see whether they are eligible for support from the service. This will be assessed under the Care Act 2014 Eligibility Criteria However as stated above there is flexibility as to when is the best time to assess the young person This means the local authority is able to take each individual s circumstances into account when deciding whether to assess them. This is instead of having a blanket rule that means everyone has to be assessed at the same age. This flexibility recognises that the best time to plan the move to adult services will be different for each person We will contact you to arrange this assessment Once the Care Act Assessment is complete we will meet with you to let you know whether your son or daughter is eligible for Adult Care services or if their needs could be better met by a different service. If you son or daughter is eligible for a service, when they turn 17 a Barnet case worker will work together with them, you and your family, children s service, education and health professionals to make a transition plan.

Under the Care Act 2014 the person will have eligible needs if they meet two criteria of need For more info: https://www.scie.org.uk/care- act-2014/assessment-and-eligibility/ Carers eligibility: Under the care act 2014 Other legislation which informs our practice: MCA 2005

Carers can be eligible for support in their own right. The threshold is based on the impact their caring role has on their wellbeing. When determining carer eligibility, local authorities must consider the following three conditions. Condition 1: The carer's needs for support arise because they are providing necessary care to an adult. Condition 2: As a result of their caring responsibilities, the carer's physical or mental health is either deteriorating or is at risk of doing so or the carer is unable to achieve any of the outcomes as specified in the regulations and as summarised in the section Eligibility outcomes for carers with support needs Condition 3: As a consequence of being unable to achieve these outcomes, there is, or there is likely to be, a significant impact on the carer s wellbeing, determining whether: For more information: https://www.scie.org.uk/care-act- 2014/assessment-and-eligibility/

Getting ready School year 9 Starting the person centered plan Planning the future Moving On Leaving School

Audience over to you?

Friendships Hearing the young persons voice Understanding their communication style Decision making/Having choices What's important to me What I like? What I don t like? Where do I want to live? Who do I want to live with? School, College Keeping healthy Being safe, being happy Employment

Direct Payments/Personal Budgets Shortbreaks/Leisure Activities Respite Supported Living/Residential Care Commissioned Services Residential Holidays For further information: https://www.barnet.gov.uk/citizen- home/children-young-people-and-families/the- local-offer-and-special-educational-needs.html

0-25 service to provide a service for children and young adults with profound disabilities needing social work intervention and assessment of need. To work with parents, carers and children and young people to plan for a child through their developmental stages into adulthood at the earliest opportunity and provide consistency for families. To develop strength and resilience within families and clients to ensure the correct level of support into adulthood Provide the right support is dependent on strong collaboration with Education, Health and Adult services