Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2015

Public bill · Government · Presented

Young people who spent at least 12 months in State care between ages 13 and 18 would be entitled to an aftercare plan identifying the help they need as they move into adulthood; plans could generally support them from 18 to 21, and education support could continue until age 23. The Child and Family Agency would have to prepare plans, review them when circumstances or needs change, and respond to requests from eligible 18- to 20-year-olds, subject to available resources. It would also be able to inspect premises before registering an early-years service, helping check that they meet required standards.

Formal long title

Bill entitled an Act to provide for the preparation by the Child and Family Agency of aftercare plans to provide for the giving of assistance by the Agency, subject to the resources available to the Agency, to meet the needs of certain persons who have been in the care of that Agency; to provide for the inspection of premises in which it is proposed to provide early years service; and for those and other purposes, to amend the Child Care Act 1991; the Children Act 2001; the Health Act 2007; the Child and Family Agency Act 2013; and to provide for related matters.

Last updated 12 April 2018