Things to Consider Year 13

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• Will you need adult social care services?
• If you receive respite care services (short-breaks), you may move to an adult provider at 18 if you are eligible for adult services
• If you receive specialist NHS services, have you been introduced to, or referred  adult services?
• If you are a looked after child (LAC) are you aware of your rights to access care services until the age of 21? Talk to your social worker about this.

What else can I do at 18?

• If you are thinking about living alone, you can go onto the Berneslai homes housing register. 
• You are eligible to claim Universal Credit 
• You are eligible to vote in elections, have you registered to vote?
• Services will talk to you directly, although you may continue to need guidance from your parents or carers
• At 18, you can access adult education courses

• UCAS (for university applications)
  
• Moving to adult NHS Services
• Berneslai Homes
• Shared Lives
• Post 16 Offer

Things to think about 

• Have you chosen your post 18 learning and/or work placement?
  
• If you receive specialist NHS services, are you prepared to move to an adult service when you are 18, for being discharged or are you moving to a lower level of community or primary care?
  
• If you are a looked after child (LAC) are you aware of your right to leaving care services until the age of 21?

• You can go onto the Berneslai homes housing register, if you are thinking of living alone
• You may be eligible to claim Universal Credit
• You can register to vote in elections
• You can access adult education courses

• UCAS (for university applications)
  
• Moving to adult NHS services
• Berneslai Homes
• Adult Skills & Community Learning
• Post 16 Offer

• Visit potential post 18 training providers
• Register for new activities / clubs that you will access when you are 18 (Click here to find clubs and groups)
• Register as a voter
  
• From age 18, if you leave education or training and do not wish to return, your EHCP will cease (stop)
  
• If you move to higher education (NQF Level 4 or above), your EHCP will cease (stop)
• Apply for a job or apprenticeship/traineeships if you want one a few months prior to leaving education