East Riding of Yorkshire Council

Care leavers receive priority for social housing

Priority is offered up to the age of: 25

Banding priority is: Band B

Additional information / how to qualify:
We provide supporting letters to evidence their status as Care Leavers and submit with their
housing applications. We then monitor and ensure B and B status and liaise regularly with our
colleagues in housing.

Care leavers get to practice independent living with taster flats

Additional information:
We have a limited number of trainer flats that we sub-let from the council, and manage
ourselves. We have a nomination and interview process for some, and others are utilised in more
needs-led and emergency basis.

East Riding of Yorkshire Council will not in principle assist as a guarantor for care leavers in private rented property

East Riding of Yorkshire Council in principle will assist with providing a deposit for care leavers in private rented property

Details:
We consider and on occasions provide support with bonds

Care leavers are provided with a setting up allowance

Allowance amount: £3000

East Riding of Yorkshire Council in principle will assist with support to pay at least the first year TV licence for care leavers

East Riding of Yorkshire Council will not in principle assist with support to pay at least the first year home contents insurance for care leavers

East Riding of Yorkshire Council in principle will assist with support to pay for redecoration costs of a care leavers first flat

East Riding of Yorkshire Council will not in principle assist with support with broadband costs for care leavers

East Riding of Yorkshire Council in principle will assist with support with mobile phone costs for care leavers

East Riding of Yorkshire Council will pay towards cooking equipment for care leavers

East Riding of Yorkshire Council offers work experience within the council for care leavers

Number of places per year: Varies depending on interest of young people.

East Riding of Yorkshire Council will pay for work/interview clothes

East Riding of Yorkshire Council will pay towards travel to work or training

There are no ringfenced apprenticeship vacancies for care leavers at East Riding of Yorkshire Council

There are no care leavers working as apprenticeships within East Riding of Yorkshire Council

Additional information about work and training:
We have a specialist Education and Training Advisor employed within the team to support young people to re-enter and maintain attendance at work and training.

East Riding of Yorkshire Council will ensure each young person has ID documents when they leave care

Passport: Yes

Provisional Driving Licence: Yes

Birth Certificate: Yes

East Riding of Yorkshire Council in principle will assist with driving lessons

East Riding of Yorkshire Council in principle will assist with driving theory tests

East Riding of Yorkshire Council in principle will assist with driving tests

East Riding of Yorkshire Council in principle will assist with CBT tests

Partners local to East Riding of Yorkshire 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 do not have the opportunity for mentoring with any of the senior leadership team

Additional details:
Children in Care Council and our Pathway Peer Champions have opportunities to attend
Corporate Parenting. There have not yet been opportunities to be mentored by Senior
Leadership.

East Riding of Yorkshire Council has a children in care and care leavers council

Details of council:
The Children in Care Council is for 11 years to 17 years and takes places on a monthly basis. It is
usually attended by eight to ten young people, however can be more. Every quarter Corporate
Parents attend the Children in Care Council.

The East Riding Children’s Participation and Rights Team organise the Children in Care Council,
contact Rights4u@eastriding .gov.uk, telephone 01482 565560.

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

Children in care and care leavers council does not have its own constitution

East Riding of Yorkshire Council does not have peer mentors (other care leavers)

East Riding of Yorkshire Council has other mentoring schemes

Details:
Informal mentoring for new UASC arrivals and asylum seekers.

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:
Care leavers do not need to go through the complaints department to access their records. They
can make a request through the customer relations team/ Information & Governance Team or
make this request via their Pathway Worker. The local authority accepts any Subject Access
Request irrespective of how this is received within the authority.

If possible, we always try to provide their previous worker and will provide as much or as little
support as they would like. This varies per individual.