Luton Council

Care leavers receive priority for social housing

Priority is offered up to the age of: 18 -21

Banding priority is: Additional needs priority (Band 3)

Additional information / how to qualify:
All care leavers are eligible and the PAs issues a support letter to confirm their care leavers status . This is attached to their social housing application.

Care leavers get to practice independent living with taster flats

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

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

Details:
No details provided.

Care leavers are provided with a setting up allowance

Allowance amount: £3000

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

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

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

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

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

Luton Council will pay towards cooking equipment for care leavers

Luton Council offers work experience within the council for care leavers

Number of places per year: 5

Luton Council will pay for work/interview clothes

Luton Council will pay towards travel to work or training

There are ringfenced apprenticeship vacancies for care leavers at Luton Council

Guaranteed Interview Scheme for all Care Leavers apprenticeship vacancies are ringfenced a year

Care leavers are working as apprenticeships within Luton Council

Number per year: 5

Additional information about work and training:
The Virtual School Team and Care Leavers Team jointly run a weekly drop-in sessions to support the young people into education, work or training.

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

Passport: Yes

Provisional Driving Licence: Yes

Birth Certificate: Yes

Luton Council in principle will assist with driving lessons

Luton Council in principle will assist with driving theory tests

Luton Council in principle will assist with driving tests

Luton Council in principle will assist with CBT tests

Partners local to Luton 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:
Our Care Leavers have opportunity to meet councilors from time to time and this is overseen by our Young People Participation Manager.
The Council’s Chief Executive has been involved in providing direct mentoring opportunity for care leavers.
We run Mentoring Scheme for care leavers and the mentors are drawn from across the council

Luton Council has a children in care and care leavers council

Details of council:
All In This Together group is Luton’s children in care council for young people under eighteen. We have between nine and twelve regular members aged between 8 and 15 years old who attend the monthly youth group and half-term activity days. We are in the process of refreshing our group for young adults with care experiences. Contact details are; Subhana Dean, Engagement and Participation Manager [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

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

Luton Council has other mentoring schemes

Details:
We run an in-house mentoring scheme and the mentors are drawn from staff across the council

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:
The PAs are on hand to offer them emotional support, if so required