Issue - meetings

[To approve a revised policy for those who provide support (Staying Put carers) to young people who were previously in care]

Cllr Val Gibson presented a revised ‘Staying Put’ policy to support young people in care and their carers when the young person is residing at university during term time.  The revised policy allows the young person in care the opportunity to pursue education, training and employment, without the disruption of having to move to independence during a critical period of their life.  The revised policy also aligned the payments made to staying put carers to recently implemented fees and allowances paid to foster carers.

Resolved:

1.     That the revised policy to support young people in Staying Put arrangements when they are at university be approved. 

2.     That the Staying Put fees be aligned to the fees and allowances paid to foster carers.