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Leaving care

When a child in care is 16 the social worker will make a referral to the Pathway Team. Calderdale Council funds a voluntary organisation called National Children's Homes ( NCH) to provide the Pathway Team.

A Pathway Worker will visit the child to talk about plans for the future and help write a Pathway Plan. The Pathway Plan covers where to live, college, training and work, health, how to look after yourself and most important… money!

The Pathway Worker becomes the child’s personal adviser and will continue to help after the young person leaves care, up until the young person is at least 21.

Young people leaving care are entitled to a leaving care service wherever they live. If it’s a long way from Calderdale, we will put them in touch with a local leaving care team once we have done the first Pathway Plan. Young people moving out of Calderdale after they have left care can still get support – but must tell their Pathway Worker where they are going!

• Name:
• NCH Calderdale Pathway Team for Care Leavers
• Address:
• 2/3 Savile Row
  Savile Park Road
  Halifax HX1 2EJ
• Telephone:
• 01422 359907
• Freephone:
• 0800 085 1594.

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