The Kent Family Group Conference Service was established in June
2002 and is a way of working with families where plans and
decisions need to be made.
Kent Youth Offending Service (YOS) is a multi-agency partnership
established by the Crime and Disorder Act 1998. The purpose of the
Youth Offending Service is to tackle youth crime.
Carers look after family, partners or friends in need of help
because they are ill, frail or have a disability. "The care they
provide is unpaid" - Kent County Council 2006.
Young carers come from all cultural, community, ethnic and faith
backgrounds, they are under 18, looking after, or helping to look
after, a family member suffering from a long term illness,
disability or a dependency on substances. They may undertake a
range of caring tasks and assume physical and emotional
responsibilities normally carried out by an adult.
The Adult Placement Scheme places vulnerable adults with Adult
Placement Carers in local communities giving them opportunity to be
part of a family or household and other social networks.
The Kent County Council Link Scheme provides short breaks for
children with disabilities of any kind and at any age, from infant
to 18 years old.
The Primary Intervention Project is a new and exciting school
based project offering support to families and pupils across six
schools in Thanet.
The following pages give information and advice about
entitlement to welfare benefits, other allowances, grants and
general difficulties.