Service Description: Looked After Children's Team - To provide support to young people who are looked after by the local authority and who have a current allocated social worker from one of the 6 Looked After Children's Units
Also known as:- 0-16 LAC, 16+ LAC, 16+ Team, Children in Care
Answer: The place where you live when you become looked after is called your placement. There are different types of placements as everyone is different and needs different things. Foster placement - This is where you live with another family in their home. The people who look after you will be called foster carers. Kinship placement - This is where you live with someone else in your family other than your Mum or Dad. Residential care - This is where a number of young people live together in the same house. You are looked after by a team of staff. You also have a key worker, someone who will get to know you and provide you with the support you need. Short break care - This is where you are looked after for short periods, usually on a regular basis. Your social worker, and if possible your parents, will go with you to meet your new carers and help you settle into your new placement. Your social worker will have already given your new carers all the information they need to look after you. This might be the things you like to eat, what you enjoy doing in your spare time. Your new carer will also have been told about the reason for you being looked after.