Our children’s advocacy service is there to ensure looked after children and young people in Stoke-on-Trent are supported in advocating their wishes and feelings in decisions which affect them, such as placement selection.
Anybody can make a referral for a child or young person to have an advocate, as long as they have the child’s or young person’s consent and the child or young person meet’s one or more of the following criteria:
- be looked after by Stoke-on-Trent Local Authority
- be attending a residential school and be classed as disabled and ‘looked after’
- be receiving respite care and considered as ‘looked after’
- be separated and seeking asylum
- be in a secure local authority care setting
- have previously been in care and are supported under the ‘Staying Put’ legislation, up to the age of 25
- aged between 5-11 and considered as ‘looked after’ as defined within the Children Act 1989
- be leaving care or be in receipt of specialist health care provision
- has a history of running away or going missing.
Summary –
Our children’s advocacy service is there to ensure looked after children and young people in Stoke-on-Trent are supported in advocating their wishes and feelings in decisions which affect them.
