St Helens Council - Children's Rights, Independent Visitors & Advocacy Service April 2016

The aim of the Children?s Rights, Advocacy & Independent Visitors Service is to provide children and young people who are in, or who are on the edge of public care (including children in need as defined by Section 17 (10) of the Children Act 1989) with St Helens Local Authority, as well as other defined service users, with awareness of and access to services which are their legal right. The services will be for children and young people aged up to 19. The service will meet the statutory responsibility of the Counci...