Lambeth Council

Care leavers receive priority for social housing

Priority is offered up to the age of: 25

Banding priority is: A

Additional information / how to qualify:
Pathway plan will determine whether their independent living skills are at the required level to be referred to social housing

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

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

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

Details:
We will assist care leavers to set up home outside Lambeth where their placement has been and where local connections have been developed. We will pay for rent and deposit of property in private sector.

Care leavers are provided with a setting up allowance

Allowance amount: £2000

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

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

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

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

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

Lambeth Council will not pay towards cooking equipment for care leavers

Lambeth Council offers work experience within the council for care leavers

We are unable to confirm how many places per year

Lambeth Council will pay for work/interview clothes

Lambeth Council will pay towards travel to work or training

There are no ringfenced apprenticeship vacancies for care leavers at Lambeth Council

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

Additional information about work and training:
We are developing 2 care leaver apprenticeships to support Children’s Services with service development, review and improvement

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

Passport: Yes

Provisional Driving Licence: Yes

Birth Certificate: Yes

Lambeth Council will not in principle assist with driving lessons

Lambeth Council will not in principle assist with driving theory tests

Lambeth Council will not in principle assist with driving tests

Lambeth Council will not in principle assist with CBT tests

Partners local to Lambeth 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:
Care leavers shadowed senior leaders during care leavers week
Care leavers for children in care council attend Corporate Parenting Board and other
elected members meetings
Champions scheme which is mentoring scheme for care leavers currently under
development

Lambeth Council has a children in care and care leavers council

Details of council:
We have Visions of Success (Children in care Council), Aged 12-25
Younger cohort are called junior visions

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:
Visions of success has its own pledge and mission statement

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

Lambeth Council has other mentoring schemes

Details:
Champions scheme for anyone in the council to act as a mentor to a care leavers is currently being developed

Young people 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:
We would assess and offer this on a case by case basis