The team is made up of various professionals with a wealth of experience and knowledge to help support young people. This includes coaching and resilience workers, social workers, employment support officers and independent living skills officers.
Preparation for Adulthood Service (PfA)
Preparation for Adulthood (PfA)
The Preparation for Adulthood service is designed to support more young people and engage with them earlier to ensure a smoother transition into adulthood.
We work to create personalised support for each young person who needs our help. This support varies from one-to-one or group sessions depending on the needs of the young person. We work to make sure that all support is tailored to the needs of the individual to best help meet their needs and aspirations. It is important that we work collaboratively with the young person, so they have a voice and control over what their support contains and focuses on.
We have now aligned the Preparation for Adulthood (PFA) and the Statutory Transitions team into a single overarching unit. This means there is greater opportunity for our professionals to work together and give a more cohesive experience for the young people we support.
The focus and purpose of both teams remains the same. Our aim is to support young adults, between the age of 18-25 with learning disabilities, autism or other eligible needs, to access a funded service from Adult Social Care, based on the Care Act eligibility criteria. We help them to set their own goals and make positive choices to help achieve them.
For Preparation for Adulthood and Non-Statutory Support our aim is to support young people and adults between the ages of 14-25. We provide 1 to 1 support to improve emotional well-being and resilience.
YES! is a group of young people that work in co-production with the council to help improve services for children and young people with additional support needs to help promote positive outcomes for them.
Make an enquiry
If you have any enquiries, please contact the Adult Social Care Contact Centre.
- Email: CSAdultSocialCare@birmingham.gov.uk
- Contact Number: 0121 303 1234