Connexions can
help you, if you are:
- living with foster carers…
- living in a community home or other
specialist placement…
- waiting to be adopted…
We realise that
life may not be easy for you and may sometimes need extra
help.
Your
Connexions Personal Adviser (PA)
If you’re still
at school then your PA will be the Connexions Personal Adviser
working in your school. You may move schools, in which case your PA
will be the person working in your new school. If
you don’t have a place at school or
you’ve left school contact your nearest
Connexions
centre. They will tell you who your PA is. Usually
your PA will be working in the area you live in. You can also
register at a different Connexions centre if it’s easier for you to
get to. If you have good reason you can change your Personal
Adviser.
How your
PA can help
Your PA will see
you at least three times a year. This will usually be in school. If
you’re not attending school or are over 16 your PA could see you at
home, in a Connexions Centre or in a convenient public place. This
could be on a one-to-one basis, a group session or a Social Care
review. You and your PA will work out how they can help
you.
Your Personal
Adviser should be invited to Social Care and Education reviews.
Usually your PA will see you before the meeting to find out what
you want to discuss and how your PA can best support
you.
What
happens when you leave care?
You’ll have a PA
who specialises in helping care leavers. This new Leaving Care
Personal Adviser will be able to work with you until you are 21.If
you go on to higher education they’ll support you until you’re
24.
Find out about
housing and
what to do
next?
Useful
links
Fetch!
Childline information sheet for children
in care
Who
Cares? XTRA
