What is a care leaver

When are you considered a Care Leaver?

To get support from Wokingham Council’s Care Leaving Service, you need to be between 18 and 25 years old and have been in care for at least 13 weeks (or periods amounting to 13 weeks) which either:

• Started after you were 14 years old and included some time on or after your 16th birthday
• Took place whilst you were 16 or 17 years old

Help to work it out

If you’re not sure, your social worker or personal advisor (PA) can help you.

To understand if you might be a Care Leaver you can go to the Coram Voice website and answer a series of questions.

Additional situations in which you would receive support

You will also receive our support if:

• You have lived or are living with a family member, relative or friend, under a Special Guardianship Order
• You were adopted and you have come back into care for at least 13 weeks
• You have been looked after for at least 13 weeks by Wokingham Borough Council as an unaccompanied asylum-seeking child

What it means

What is a Personal Advisor

A Personal Advisor (PA) is someone who helps and support care leavers to develop a Pathway Plan as they move into adulthood.