Ealing

Care leavers receive priority for social housing

Priority is offered up to the age of: N/A

Banding priority is: B

Additional information / how to qualify:
This is assessed by the Personal advisor and presented to the Leaving care panel.

Care leavers do not get to practice independent living with taster flats

Ealing in principle will assist as a guarantor for care leavers in private rented property

Details:
We are currently launching a scheme whereby we will act as a guarantor for up to a year and then the young person will have evidenced that they can sustain a tenancy in private rented properties.

Ealing in principle will assist with providing a deposit for care leavers in private rented property

Details:
Up to 3 months rent and a deposit

Care leavers are provided with a setting up allowance

Allowance amount: £2000

We are unable to confirm whether Ealing in principle will assist with support to pay at least the first year TV licence for care leavers

We are unable to confirm whether Ealing in principle will assist with support to pay at least the first year home contents insurance for care leavers

We are unable to confirm whether Ealing in principle will assist with support to pay for redecoration costs of a care leavers first flat

We are unable to confirm whether Ealing in principle will assist with support with broadband costs for care leavers

We are unable to confirm whether Ealing in principle will assist with support with mobile phone costs for care leavers

We are unable to confirm whether Ealing will pay towards cooking equipment for care leavers

Ealing offers work experience within the council for care leavers

Number of places per year: Varies

Ealing will pay for work/interview clothes

We are unable to confirm whether Ealing will pay towards travel to work or training

There are ringfenced apprenticeship vacancies for care leavers at Ealing

10 have been agreed apprenticeship vacancies are ringfenced a year

We are unable to confirm if there are care leavers working as apprenticeships within Ealing

Ealing will ensure each young person has ID documents when they leave care

Passport: Yes

Provisional Driving Licence: Yes

Birth Certificate: Yes

We are unable to confirm whether Ealing in principle will assist with driving lessons

We are unable to confirm whether Ealing in principle will assist with driving theory tests

We are unable to confirm whether Ealing in principle will assist with driving tests

We are unable to confirm whether Ealing in principle will assist with CBT tests

Partners local to Ealing do not offer support with free travel for care leavers

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

Care leavers do not have the opportunity for mentoring with any of the senior leadership team

Ealing has a children in care and care leavers council

Details of council:
16- 25 years
Numbers vary – up to 15

Children in care and care leavers council has its own bank account

Children in care and care leavers council has its own constitution

Ealing does not have peer mentors (other care leavers)

Ealing has other mentoring schemes

Details:
Horizons education centre mentor

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:
The person undertaking the preparation of records also offers to meet with young person to go through files.
This can be done with an advocate.