Salford City Council

Care leavers receive priority for social housing

Priority is offered up to the age of: 25

Banding priority is: They do have to bid they can attend a priority panel.

Additional information / how to qualify:
No information given.

Care leavers get to practice independent living with taster flats

Additional information:
9 bed unit purpose built with 24/7 support.

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

Details:
Only those at HE.

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

Details:
Only those at HE.

Care leavers are provided with a setting up allowance

Allowance amount: ££2000

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

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

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

Salford City Council in principle will assist with support with broadband costs for care leavers

Salford City Council in principle will assist with support with mobile phone costs for care leavers

Salford City Council will pay towards cooking equipment for care leavers

Salford City Council offers work experience within the council for care leavers

Number of places per year: We currently have 6 + 2 social work students.

Salford City Council will pay for work/interview clothes

Salford City Council will pay towards travel to work or training

There are no ringfenced apprenticeship vacancies for care leavers at Salford City Council

Care leavers are working as apprenticeships within Salford City Council

Number per year: 6

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

Passport: Yes

Provisional Driving Licence: Yes

Birth Certificate: Yes

Salford City Council in principle will assist with driving lessons

Salford City Council in principle will assist with driving theory tests

Salford City Council in principle will assist with driving tests

Salford City Council will not in principle assist with CBT tests

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

Bus: Yes

Train / Tram: Yes

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:
The fight for change council is invited to meet the councillor and provide a question opportunity.

Councilors and yps meet monthly at the FFC council.

Salford City Council has a children in care and care leavers council

Details of council:
Age groups from 10 and above to 25

Managed by Barnados

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

Children in care and care leavers council has its own constitution

Details:
Care leavers are encouraged to possess a bank account

Fight for change and the NS reference group have their own TOR and agreements in place

Salford City Council has peer mentors (other care leavers)

Salford City Council has other mentoring schemes

Details:
Pure insight provide mentors
Champion scheme within LA using 25 hours pa for staff to be mentors

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:
Go through the Governance team, the leaving care service will provide the emotional support and go through the files before they obtain the redacted copies.