Every year, many hundreds of unaccompanied children and young people arrive in the UK without documentation, seeking asylum. Local authorities face immense pressure to provide the requisite support. An age assessment may be required to ensure only unaccompanied children and young people under 18 are treated as children.
Assessing a young person’s age is not an exact science but we provide valuable support to local authorities, charities, and legal teams throughout the UK to ensure age assessments conducted are fair and completed legally so the needs of the individual be met.
We provide in-person and webinar-based age assessment training for local authorities throughout the UK, helping them grow capacity and undertake case law-compliant age assessments.
Our specialist social workers undertake Merton compliant age assessments, ensuring human rights and statutory responsibilities are upheld, and providing protection from potential litigation.
We support local authorities, charities, and legal teams to ensure compliance while completing age assessments and improve provision for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children.