Family and relationships
Positive and supportive relationships with family, friends and others can lead to living a happy, safe and successful life. We will support you to have a safe and robust support network around you.
Help create a support network
Your leaving care worker can help you to:
- contact people who are special to you
- contact people who cared for you in the past
- support you to re-connect with family, where it's a positive step
- develop healthy relationships with friends and family
Understanding your life history
If and when you want to, we will help you understand your time in care and your life history, including your case files.
We can include support to trace your family, if needed, and support with emotions.
Speak to your leaving care worker if you would like to look at this through the access to records team.
Personal relationship support
If you are in relationships that are difficult or making you unhappy, your leaving care worker can offer support. They will:
- respect your gender and sexual identity
- help you access support for your sexual and gender identity needs
- help you to challenge discrimination as a care-experienced adult
For further advice and support, visit the Lincolnshire Sexual Health website.
Life links
Life Links in Lincolnshire offers all our young people a lifetime of support from the people you choose. Life Links is a strand of support offered to all our looked after young people and care leavers. The support is accessed through the Family Group Conference Service and can be sourced up to the age of 25 years. If you or your leaving care worker think you might benefit, please do not hesitate to speak to the life links team and we will allocate a supporter to you to develop or rebuild your friend or family network. Reconnecting to people on your own can be daunting, but with support it might just be that bit easier.
If you are a parent
Your leaving care worker can help you find support if you are pregnant or have a young child.
To find parenting groups and other support for young families with children under 5, visit our children's centres.