Inform: Supporting the education of looked after children with uncertain immigration status

Year: 2015
Topic: Children's hearings system, Corporate parenting, Education, Health and Wellbeing, Legislation, Looked after at home, Residential care, SIRCC, Throughcare and aftercare, Voices of young people
Author: Lisa Ann Kennedy and Graham Connelly

Guidance for professionals

This Inform briefing will help teachers and other professionals in Scotland support young people with an uncertain immigration status in their journey to post-school education or employment. 

The briefing outlines what it means in practice to have an uncertain immigration status, being a looked after child or young person with an uncertain immigration status, and the implications for the journey through education and into employment.