The document discusses key parts of the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014, including: - Part 9 defines corporate parenting and lists 27 organizations designated as corporate parents, including local authorities, health boards, and children's services organizations. - Part 10 expands eligibility for aftercare support for care leavers up to age 26 and requires a "welfare assessment" of needs for those requesting help up to 26. - Part 11 establishes "continuing care" which offers eligible looked-after young people the right to remain in their care setting up to age 21 rather than having to leave care at 18.

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Children and Young People
Scotland Act 2014

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“This Government’s vision for children and young
people is clear:
We want Scotland to be the best place in the world for
them to grow up. A place where rights are respected
and where children can access all the opportunities
and support they need, when they need it.”
Minister for Children and Young People, Aileen
Campbell

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A Shared Understanding of the Children and Young People
(Scotland) Act 2014
PART 9: CORPORATE PARENTING
PART 10: AFTERCARE
PART 11: CONTINUING CARE

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• Came into force on the 1st
April 2015
• The Act names Corporate Parents – (Simone) Schedule 4
Some CP’s are individuals and some are organisations.
• Changes duties of particular Corporate Parents- e.g. Tam Bailllie-
SCCYP
• Made it easier for Ministers to add new CP’s.
• Required to work together
Part 9- Corporate Parenting

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Part 9- Corporate Parenting
SCHEDULE 4(introduced by section 56)
CORPORATE PARENTS
1 The Scottish Ministers
2 A local authority
3 The National Convener of Children’s Hearings Scotland
4 Children’s Hearings Scotland
5 The Principal Reporter
6 The Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration
7 A health board
8 A board constituted under section 2(1)(b) of the National Health Service
(Scotland) Act 1978
9 Healthcare Improvement Scotland
10 The Scottish Qualifications Authority
11 Skills Development Scotland Co. Ltd (registered number SC 202659)
12 Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland
13 The Scottish Social Services Council
14 The Scottish Sports Council
15 The chief constable of the Police Service of Scotland
16 The Scottish Police Authority
17 The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service
18 The Scottish Legal Aid Board
19 The Commissioner for Children and Young People in Scotland
20 The Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland
21 The Scottish Housing Regulator
22 Bòrd na Gàidhlig
23 Creative Scotland
24 A body which is a “post-16 education body” for the purposes of the Further
and Higher

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Scottish
Sports
Council
Local
Authorities
(32)
Chief
constable of
the Police
Service of
Scotland
Care
Inspectorate
Scottish
Police
Authority
Children’s
Hearings
Scotland
Skills
Development
Scotland
Scottish
Children’s
Reporter
Administration
Scottish
Ministers -
Includes 8
Executive
Agencies
National
Convener
of
Children’s
Hearings
Scotland
The
Principal
Reporter
The Mental
Welfare
Commission
for Scotland
The
Scottish
Housing
Regulator
Bòrd na
Gàidhlig
Creative
Scotland
Colleges (27)
&
Universities
(19)
Scottish
Fire and
Rescue
Service
Scottish
Commissioner
for Children &
Young People
Scotland
Scottish
Legal
Aid
Board
Health
Boards
(14)
Special
Health
Boards
(7)
Health
Improvement
Scotland
Scottish
Qualifications
Authority

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Part 10 After care

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• Provision of aftercare is currently set out in the Children Scotland Act
1995 (Section 29) and financial assistance is described under section
30. The 2014 Act makes amendments to these. (nick )
• It changes the legal definition of a care leaver to any young person
who ceases to be LAC on or after their 16th
birthday.
• This also includes young people who are ‘looked after at home’.
• It extends eligibility of aftercare for young people up to their 26th
birthday.
• If you ask for help up to the age of 26 you have the right to a ‘welfare
assessment’ of support needs.
Part 10 -Aftercare

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‘Welfare Assessment’
• Don’t panic!! This isn’t a new type of assessment in addition to those
which are currently carried out.
• Pathways plans and assessments can still be used-
(the Care Inspectorate has indicated in their language that they will
inspect these but have indicated a flexibility of approach)
• Therefore SHANARRI wellbeing indicators can still be also be used.
• Or other combination of assessment tools can be used, so long as it is
thorough.

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Where an ‘eligible need’ is identified this must be met until the young
person’s 26th birthday or the need is no longer present.
Only eligible needs that cannot be met through existing universal
supports should be considered.
What is an ‘eligible need’?

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What is an ‘eligible need’?
Financial support to meet essential accommodation and maintenance
costs
Support, in the form of information and advice, to assist the person to
access education, training, employment, leisure and skills related
opportunities.
Other support in the form of information or advice relating to the
persons well being.

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Part 11 Continuing care

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Part 11: Continuing Care
Continuing Care is a new status established by the 2014 Act
and is a significant change to both legislation and policy in
Scotland. Effectively it offers eligible looked after young
people the right to remain in their care setting up to their
twenty-first birthday.

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Eligibility Summary
In the first year (2015-16) only sixteen year old care leavers (who leave foster, kinship
or residential care on or after 1 April 2015) will be eligible.
These care leavers will have been born in the 12 months from 1 April 1999 to 31 March
2000.
They must have been looked after and accommodated in residential, fostercare, or
formal kinship care.
Young people ‘looked after at home’ or informally in a kinship arrangement would not
be eligible.
Next year this eligibility will be expanded to include the new batch of 16

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Continuing Care
Where You
Live when
‘In Care’
Continuing
Care
Aftercare
Up to 21st
Birthday Up to 26th Birthday

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Process Diagram