Brighton and Hove City Council

Care leavers receive priority for social housing

Priority is offered up to the age of: No fixed age – they get it when they have been assessed as ready

Banding priority is: A

Additional information / how to qualify:
For your PA to assess you as ready for your own tenancy, you will:
• Be expected to have sustained at least a year’s continuous employment, training or
education since your 18th birthday.
• You will have to demonstrate that you have the practical skills like budgeting and cooking,
and that you are emotionally ready to live on your own.
• It is also essential that you are not in debt and that you have shown an ability to pay
bills/service charge etc.
• You will also have to attend the Leaving Care team’s two-day course on Independent living
skills. Part of this course will cover how to bid on properties when you are ready to do this.

Care leavers get to practice independent living with taster flats

Additional information:
2 BEDROOM FLAT AVAILABLE

Brighton and Hove City Council in principle will assist as a guarantor for care leavers in private rented property

Brighton and Hove City Council in principle will assist with providing a deposit for care leavers in private rented property

Details:
This is provided on a case by case basis and the situation would be assessed by their Personal Advisor

Care leavers are provided with a setting up allowance

Allowance amount: ££3440

Brighton and Hove City Council in principle will assist with support to pay at least the first year TV licence for care leavers

Brighton and Hove City Council in principle will assist with support to pay at least the first year home contents insurance for care leavers

Brighton and Hove City Council in principle will assist with support to pay for redecoration costs of a care leavers first flat

Brighton and Hove City Council in principle will assist with support with broadband costs for care leavers

Brighton and Hove City Council will not in principle assist with support with mobile phone costs for care leavers

Brighton and Hove City Council will pay towards cooking equipment for care leavers

Brighton and Hove City Council offers work experience within the council for care leavers

Number of places per year: On demand

Brighton and Hove City Council will pay for work/interview clothes

Brighton and Hove City Council will not pay towards travel to work or training

There are ringfenced apprenticeship vacancies for care leavers at Brighton and Hove City Council

Getting agreed at the moment so yes this year will be implemented. apprenticeship vacancies are ringfenced a year

There are no care leavers working as apprenticeships within Brighton and Hove City Council

Brighton and Hove City Council will ensure each young person has ID documents when they leave care

Passport: Yes

Provisional Driving Licence: Yes

Birth Certificate: Yes

Brighton and Hove City Council will not in principle assist with driving lessons

Brighton and Hove City Council will not in principle assist with driving theory tests

Brighton and Hove City Council will not in principle assist with driving tests

Brighton and Hove City Council will not in principle assist with CBT tests

Partners local to Brighton and Hove City Council do not offer support with free travel for care leavers

Care leavers have the opportunity to meet with their corporate parents (councillors)

Care leavers have the opportunity for mentoring with any of the senior leadership team

Additional details:
Leader of the Council has booked to have a care leaver shadow her

Brighton and Hove City Council has a children in care and care leavers council

Details of council:
2 groups for CIC: both meet once/month
11-14 years: about 8-10 attend regularly
13-18 (up to 25 with SEND): 8 attend regularly
1 group for care leavers: meet fortnightly
17-26 years: 5 attend regularly with another 3-4 taking part in consultations, training, interviews etc
Contact: [email protected]

Children in care and care leavers council does not have its own bank account

Children in care and care leavers council has its own constitution

Details:
CICC have Terms of Reference
• Terms of Reference – see attached document “Children in Care council TOR.pdf”
Care leavers forum have Terms of Reference and constitution
• Terms of Reference – see attached document “Care Leavers For

Brighton and Hove City Council has peer mentors (other care leavers)

Brighton and Hove City Council has other mentoring schemes

Details:
We have university students who we match with care leavers considering university on an ad hoc
basis.

Young people do not have to go through the complaints dept to access their care files

Young people who access their care files get emotional support before, during and after disclosure

Details:
Support comes from their Personal Advisor