'Moving On' from care into adulthood: consultation analysis

Appendix A: Consultation Questions

Q1. How can we ensure that young people, and those who support them, are given enough time, advice and resources to effectively prepare them for moving on from care? Please explain your answer in the open text box.

Q2. Are there any barriers to starting the process of planning and preparing for young people leaving care at an early stage? Please explain your answer in the open text box.

Q3. How can we ensure young people receive the right support and guidance to build the life skills they need for adulthood before they move on from care? Please provide suggestions in the open text box.

Q4. What services and support should be considered and provided to a care leaver who returns home to live with their birth family? Please explain your answer in the open text box.

Q5. Can you provide examples of good practice where services have worked together in a holistic way to support birth families and young people moving on from care when the young person returns to live with their birth family? Please provide any examples and share your views in the open text box.

Q6. How do we ensure that young people with care experience, and those who provide them with care, can easily access information about entitlements and support? Please provide any examples of good practice you are aware of in the open text box.

Q7. Are there any changes you would like to see as part of the eligibility criteria for Continuing Care? Please provide details of your suggestions in the open text box.

Q8. What additional support do you think is required for families, professionals and practitioners who are responsible for providing Continuing Care arrangements? Please explain your answer in the open text box.

Q9. How do we ensure that young people, and their views, are heard during discussions on Continuing Care which impact them? Please explain your answer in the open text box.

Q10. How can we make sure young people can access the range of support they need when they leave care through the provision of Aftercare? Please explain your answer in the open text box.

Q11. Are there any changes you would like to see as part of the eligibility criteria for Aftercare? Please provide details of your suggestions in the open text box.

Q12. What do you think the challenges would be in changing the eligibility criteria for Aftercare? Please explain your answer in the open text box.

Q13. What do you think would be the best way to provide long term support and services to adults with care experience? Please explain your answer in the open text box.

Q14. What do you think the challenges would be in providing support and services to adults with care experience? Please explain your answer in the open text box.

Q15. What improvements do you think could be made to the support given to those leaving secure care? Please explain your answer in the open text box.

Q16. How do we ensure all young people in Scotland get equal access to the support services they need during the transition from and after leaving secure care? Please provide examples or suggestions in the open text box.

Q17. What improvements could be made to the support given to people with care experience at the transition point from leaving young offenders institutions or prison? Please explain your answer in the open text box.

Q18. How do we ensure all young people get access to the same support services when they are leaving young offenders institutions or prison, regardless of where they are located in Scotland? Please explain your answer in the open text box.

Q19. Can you share details of any services that are already working well to support unaccompanied asylum seeking young people transitioning out of care? Please explain your answer in the open text box.

Q20. What supports and/or improvements do you think could be implemented to ensure we meet the particular needs of unaccompanied asylum seeking young people transitioning out of care in Scotland? Please explain your answer in the open text box.

Q21. Can you tell us about any specific services or supports that already work well for disabled young people or people with complex health needs leaving care? Please provide details in the open text box.

Q22. What improvements do you think could be made to ensure disabled young people leaving care have the support they need when they make the transition into adulthood? Please explain your answer in the open text box.

Q23. What improvements can you suggest in the support provided to young people with care experience as they prepare to give birth or become parents? Please explain your answer in the open text box.

Q24. How can the workforce be better supported to help care experienced people as they become parents? Please explain your answer in the open text box.

Q25. How can children’s and adults’ services better work together to provide whole family support for parents who are care experienced? Please explain your answer in the open text box.

Q26. In what ways would you like to see peer support used by people leaving care and/or caregivers during a young person’s transition from care into adulthood? Please explain your answer in the open text box.

Q27. Do you know of any examples where peer support networks have had a positive impact on the experience of leaving care, either for care leavers or those who supported them? Please explain your answer in the open text box.

Q28. How can we better enable young people and the supportive adults in their lives to maintain healthy relationships once the young person has moved on from care? Please provide any suggestions or examples you may have.

Q29. What types of support and advice do you think should be available to care leavers as part of an out-of-hours service? Please explain your answer in the open text box.

Q30. What improvements do you think could be made to ensure care leavers have access to services which support their physical health, and mental health and wellbeing? Please explain your answer in the open text box.

Q31. What improvements do you think could be made to ensure a smooth transition is made between children and adult physical health services, mental health services and wellbeing services? Please explain your answer in the open text box.

Q32. Please tell us about any good practice you are aware of that supports young people leaving care to find a home that meets their needs. Please explain your answer in the open text box.

Q33. What do you think are the main barriers in securing appropriate housing for a young person with care experience? Please explain your answer in the open text box.

Q34. How can we ensure there is sufficient support, planning and preparation provided to care leavers moving into their own accommodation for the first time? Please explain your answer in the open text box.

Q35. What forms of support do you think would help someone leaving care and entering their first tenancy to stay in that property for as long as they want to? Please explain your answer in the open text box.

Q36. How can we ensure the views and needs of people leaving care are taken into account when decisions are made about where they should live when they leave care? Please explain your answer in the open text box.

Q37. In what areas would you like to see improvements to the service, support and funding for students who are care experienced? Please explain your answer and provide any suggestions in the open text box.

Q38. How can we better support care experienced students to complete their studies? Please explain your answer and provide any examples of good practice in the open text box.

Q39. What would help young people with care experience find secure and fulfilling work, develop their skills or build their confidence? Please provide examples in the open text box.

Q40. Can you share any examples of good practice, in the private and public sector, where young people leaving care have been supported into employment or training, or have been supported to build their confidence? Please provide examples in the open text box.

Q41. How do you think employers can be better supported or encouraged to recruit, train, support and retain young people who are care experienced? Please explain your answer in the open text box.