Haringey Council

Care leavers receive priority for social housing

Priority is offered up to the age of: 21

Banding priority is: A

Additional information / how to qualify:
Once worker is satisfied that they are capable of holding down a tenancy and they have attended a series of workshops including Money House, DIY and cooking on a budget

Care leavers get to practice independent living with taster flats

Additional information:
The service runs two transitional houses as taster ‘homes’ prior to moving to permanent accommodations

Haringey Council will not in principle assist as a guarantor for care leavers in private rented property

Haringey Council will not in principle assist with providing a deposit for care leavers in private rented property

Care leavers are provided with a setting up allowance

Allowance amount: £2000

Haringey Council will not in principle assist with support to pay at least the first year TV licence for care leavers

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

Haringey Council will not in principle assist with support to pay for redecoration costs of a care leavers first flat

Haringey Council will not in principle assist with support with broadband costs for care leavers

Haringey Council will not in principle assist with support with mobile phone costs for care leavers

Haringey Council will pay towards cooking equipment for care leavers

Haringey Council does not offer work experience within the council for care leavers

Haringey Council will pay for work/interview clothes

Haringey Council will pay towards travel to work or training

There are ringfenced apprenticeship vacancies for care leavers at Haringey Council

4 apprenticeship vacancies are ringfenced a year

There are no care leavers working as apprenticeships within Haringey Council

Additional information about work and training:
We have done work experience in the past and we are looking in to developing a programme at the moment for 10 university graduates to gain paid work experience

Haringey Council operates a guaranteed interview scheme for all care leavers applying for apprenticeship posts within the council, subject to the applicant meeting the minimum criteria

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

Passport: Yes

Provisional Driving Licence: No

Birth Certificate: Yes

Haringey Council will not in principle assist with driving lessons

Haringey Council will not in principle assist with driving theory tests

Haringey Council will not in principle assist with driving tests

Haringey Council will not in principle assist with CBT tests

Partners local to Haringey Council offer support with free travel for care leavers

Bus: Yes

Train / Tram: No

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:
Children in Care and Care leavers have the opportunity to meet with their corporate parents through Aspire
CL attend every Corporate Parenting Committee
University Graduates have been linked with mentors across the councils’ divisions according to their degrees and areas of interest

Haringey Council has a children in care and care leavers council

Details of council:
Called Aspire. Young Aspire for 7-11 year olds which started this year, and we have our main Aspire group for 12-25 year olds. Attendance pre pandemic was 15-18
For more information, contact:
Anneke Fraser
Consultation & Participation Officer
Children & Young Peoples Service
07971 309 058

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

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

Haringey Council does not have peer mentors (other care leavers)

Haringey Council has other mentoring schemes

Details:
Spear Programme

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:
Data Protection | Haringey Council
• Make a Subject Access Request
• Looking in to making more youth friendly at present
• Support can and has been made available to CL where the request has not been made via their solicitor