Gloucestershire County Council

Care leavers receive priority for social housing

Priority is offered up to the age of: 21

Banding priority is: Gold Banding

Additional information / how to qualify:
The PA provides a leter to confirm they are ready and have completed independent living skills programme.

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

Gloucestershire County Council in principle will assist as a guarantor for care leavers in private rented property

Details:
We are now rolling out a formal process for assisting young people with a corporate guarantor.

Gloucestershire County Council in principle will assist with providing a deposit for care leavers in private rented property

Details:
Yes but only if other options have been exhausted such as rent deposit
schemes. We also offer rent in advance for first tenancy.

Care leavers are provided with a setting up allowance

Allowance amount: £3000

Gloucestershire County Council in principle will assist with support to pay at least the first year TV licence for care leavers

Gloucestershire County Council in principle will assist with support to pay at least the first year home contents insurance for care leavers

Gloucestershire County Council in principle will assist with support to pay for redecoration costs of a care leavers first flat

Gloucestershire County Council in principle will assist with support with broadband costs for care leavers

Gloucestershire County Council in principle will assist with support with mobile phone costs for care leavers

Gloucestershire County Council will pay towards cooking equipment for care leavers

Gloucestershire County Council offers work experience within the council for care leavers

Number of places per year: We offer what is needed to meet need, we are a large authority and have a particular offer called work it out which offer incentivised work experience.

Gloucestershire County Council will pay for work/interview clothes

Gloucestershire County Council will pay towards travel to work or training

There are ringfenced apprenticeship vacancies for care leavers at Gloucestershire County Council

Though generally offer is to ensure care leavers get an interview some appropriate apprenticeships / jobs are ringfenced to see if can be filled by care leavers first. apprenticeship vacancies are ringfenced a year

Care leavers are working as apprenticeships within Gloucestershire County Council

Number per year: 3, though 11 if you count partnership arrangements.

Additional information about work and training:
We have a dedicated ETE Team who support care experienced young people.

Gloucestershire County Council will ensure each young person has ID documents when they leave care

Passport: Yes

Provisional Driving Licence: Yes

Birth Certificate: Yes

Gloucestershire County Council in principle will assist with driving lessons

Gloucestershire County Council in principle will assist with driving theory tests

Gloucestershire County Council in principle will assist with driving tests

Gloucestershire County Council in principle will assist with CBT tests

Partners local to Gloucestershire County 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:
All of our senior leaders in Children’s Services have a care experienced mentor.

Gloucestershire County Council has a children in care and care leavers council

Details of council:
Age range varies, the council is made up of representa�ves from the 11-16 & 16-25 forum. 5 –11 Ac�vity Forum
11-16 Forum
16 – 25 Forum
[email protected]

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

Gloucestershire County Council has peer mentors (other care leavers)

Gloucestershire County Council has other mentoring schemes

Details:
The care leavers team really want you to feel that you have someone to turn to when you need help. If you would like they can also put you in touch with a peer mentor who is also a care leaver.
If it is needed your worker can put you in touch with an independent visitor, mentor, advocate or similar.

Gloucestershire run a Peer Mentoring Service and we also offer mentoring
service run by a voluntary sector partner (The Door) called Door to the Future.

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:
This is offered either via their PA or an independent advocate.