Ensuring supported, coordinated transitions

Scenario

Parents and young people on a children’s services co-production group have highlighted that there isn’t always a single person coordinating support for children as they transition to adult services.

Action

The principal social worker is asked to work with the co-production group to review processes to ensure that a single named worker is always allocated to support transition. The principal social worker uses the guideline on transition from children’s to adults’ services and quality standard on transition from children's to adults' services to ensure that the work is informed by the best available evidence.

Further guidance

The guidance includes information about involving young people and carers in service design, support for a named worker role, and good practice for named workers.

Relevant resources

Visit the children's social care topic page for all NICE guidance and quality standards on children's social care.

Guidelines

• Child abuse and neglect guideline

• Harmful sexual behaviour guideline

• Children’s attachment guideline

• Looked-after children and young people guideline

• Antisocial behaviour and conduct disorders in children and young people guideline

• Transition between inpatient mental health settings and community or care home settings guideline

• Transition from children’s to adults’ services guideline

• Domestic violence and abuse guideline

Quality standards

• Child abuse and neglect quality standard

• Children’s attachment quality standard

• Looked-after children and young people quality standard

• Antisocial behaviour and conduct disorders quality standard

• Transition between inpatient mental health settings and community or care home settings quality standard

• Transition from children’s to adults’ services quality standard

• Domestic violence and abuse quality standard