Welcome

Transitional Safeguarding is an approach to safeguarding young people aged between mid-teens to mid-twenties that has developed in response to the ‘cliff edge’ that many young people experience at 18 years where they are no longer able to access children’s services safeguarding support and are instead referred to adult services. Many young people who are homeless, care experienced and/or who are involved with youth justice including those who may be victims of different forms of exploitation such as County Lines or modern slavery, do not meet the adult eligibility criteria for adult services. Their needs may not have changed overnight after their 18th birthday, but their ability to access services has.

Along with Dez Holmes (Research in Practice/National Children’s Bureau) and Dr Adi Cooper (Partners in Care and Health), we have worked to support many different organisations in responding to this challenge and develop a Transitional Safeguarding approach.