Leaving Care Personal Advisers

We are proud to share that children’s services in Kingston have achieved an OUTSTANDING rating from Ofsted in December 2024, receiving the highest judgement rating in all five assessment areas. This marks Kingston’s second consecutive OUTSTANDING rating, a true reflection of the commitment to ensuring children and young people across the borough have a fairer start in life, and providing the support and services they and their families need to live happy, healthy and successful lives. To find out more click here.If you would like to be part of our success story, take a look at the below opportunity to see if it’s the right fit for you.The Leaving Care/Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children (UASC) Team sit within our Permanency Service, this service is made up of the Leaving Care/UASC Team, Permanency Team, Fostering Team and the Adoption Team. The Leaving Care service operates across Kingston and Richmond and supports young people from the age of 16 who are looked after,have recently left care (up to the age of 25) or who are unaccompanied asylum seeking children,to become independent and inspire them to set ambitious goals for themselves.These goals include them acquiring the skills, knowledge and confidence to live independently, including how to manage their money, have appropriate accommodation options , access education, training and employment, live a healthy lifestyle and access health support when they need and develop and maintain social networks that will sustain them throughout their lives.