Corporate Parenting Strategy 2025 to 2030

The term refers to children currently in care of the Local Authority, and those young people eligible and/ or receiving a statutory leaving care service. Its broader definition includes any child or adult who has experience of being in care.

The government's keep on caring strategy to support people leaving care to become independent. It allows public, private, and voluntary sector organisations to pledge support.

Refers to a young adult who spent time in care as a child (i.e. under the age of 18). Such care could be in foster care, residential care (e.g. children’s homes), or other arrangements outside the immediate or extended family. Depending on time spent in care, care leavers are entitled to help and support from their Local Authority.

This is a statutory meeting where the child and the people who support them review and update the care plan.

Child criminal exploitation is a form of child abuse involving a child or young person being coerced or manipulated into engaging with criminal activity.

Child sexual exploitation is a form of child sexual abuse. It occurs where an individual or group coerces, manipulates, or deceives a child or young person under the age of 18 into sexual activity.

A legal definition under the Children Act 1989 meaning that children aged 0 – 18 are provided Local Authority care.

A house where children and young people live together as a group with a team of carers to look after then.

Citizenship is the status of a person recognised under the custom or law of a sovereign state as a member of or belonging to the state.

Adults who care for children in their own home and take on the day-to-day parenting responsibility for those children.

A regular health check for children in care. All children should be offered a health assessment within 28 days of coming into care.

IROs chair reviews meetings for children in care.

A way of documenting and capturing a child’s experiences to help them understand their care journey.

The Pathway Plan is written by a personal adviser with a child in care or care leaver aged 16–21 to outline the services and support needed. The Pathway Plan should map out the young person’s future, their aspirations and goals along the way to realising their ambitions.

A personal adviser is someone who works alongside care leavers to ensure their wellbeing and needs are met as best as possible.

This is plan compiled in partnership with a child and young person’s education provider which is regularly reviewed to ensure needs are being met.

In January 2024, Buckinghamshire formally launched Buckinghamshire Adoption Partnership, our Regional Adoption Agency (RAA) with PACT. The key objective is to improve timeliness for children being placed for adoption, including increased opportunities for early permanence placements.

This term is used to describe any educational need, learning difficulty or Disability that may require additional support for the child to achieve their potential.

When the Court agrees for a child to live with someone who is not their parents on a long-term basis. A Special Guardian has parental responsibility.

Trauma results from an event, series of events, or set of circumstances that is experienced by an individual as harmful or life threatening. While unique to the individual, generally the experience of trauma can cause lasting adverse effects, limiting the ability to function and achieve mental, physical, social, emotional or spiritual well-being.

Children who are outside their country of origin to seek asylum in the United Kingdom and have been separated from parents and relatives.

A Local Authority team that oversees (but does not provide) the education for children in care, and children with a social worker.

A group of children and young people who meet regularly to campaign on issues that are important to them.Buckinghamshire Council Care Leavers: Our Local Offer

The Local Offer

Education Strategy

Participation Strategy:

• Participation Strategy for Young People
• Young People’s Version of the Participation Strategy

Joint Housing Protocol

Sufficiency Strategy