Service Description: The Combined Accommodation Scheme (CAS) provides a consistent and stable experience for young people in the community who are or have been in foster care by offering continuity of care and accommodation. This scheme also provides accommodation and support to young people (aged 16-18 years) in the community who find themselves homeless.
Also known as:- CAS, Homelessness, Housing, Supportive Lodgings
Answer: This would be encouraged at all times except in circumstances when a child may be considered at risk of significant harm from continued contact. Contact arrangements are discussed at the time of the child’s admission and subsequently detailed in the placement plan. For Looked After Children the Local Authority has a duty to help and support contact between the child and their family, so long as the child is not subject to any restrictions due to concerns of a Child Protection nature.