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Transition Step 4: What Makes A Good Transition Into A Home

*note that Transition in this instance refers to an individual’s Transition into a residential placement either from school, college or home As we said in Step 2, the most important thing to ensure a smooth Transition is to get a good assessment in the first place.  Second to that are the right choice of home, and then […]

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Transition Step 3: Access to Funding

Placements for residential care should be funded by your Local Authority i.e. the Authority in which you live not where the placement is.  If that placement is outside your Local Authority (out-of-county funding) then it is likely you will have to put together a very stong case to secure that funding. In some cases, parents have to go […]

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Transition Step 2: Getting the Right Assessment

Getting the right assessment for your child is one of the most important things you can do throughout the whole Transition process. An assessment at this stage will often provide the basis of care plans, funding and access to services moving forward, particularly if your child is nearing 18 at which time they transfer into Adult […]

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Transition Step 1: Starting the Process

Transition usually starts around the age of 14 with a review where your social worker or you responsible transition worker attend the assessment and they start to discuss what future would be suitable for your child. Most school places go up to 19 and there is the possibility now to have education or a college […]

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Visiting Homes 1: When and Who

Visiting as many homes as you can is an essential part of the decision making process you need to go through at Transition.  In many cases, Home From Home Care is the first visit parents have made so they are fairly new to the process.   Here’s three questions we get asked by nearly every […]