Our Kinship Local Offer
The Kinship Local Offer legally requires local authorities to set out and publish the support available to children and their kinship carers in their area.
About our Kinship Local Offer
Children may be cared for by members of their extended family, friends or other people who are closely connected to them. These people are called kinship carers.
Our Kinship Local Offer sets out how we will help kinship carers give children and young people the best possible family experience whatever the child’s legal status, needs or circumstances. It covers the services available and the process for accessing these services.
The main idea of the Kinship Local Offer is that children should remain with their families whenever possible, unless this would put their safety or wellbeing at risk. Children and young people who cannot live with their parents should, where appropriate, be cared for by kinship carers.
Kinship care: framework for local authorities sets out a requirement on local authorities to provide a Kinship Local Offer. Kinship Local Offers should be underpinned by the principle that support should be based on the needs of the child rather than just their legal status. The Kinship Local Offer should provide kinship families with support to ensure children are not looked after by their local authority when they do not need to be.
Our other local offers
Find out more about the council's other local offers.