North Northamptonshire Council

Care leavers receive priority for social housing

Priority is offered up to the age of: 21

Banding priority is: B

Additional information / how to qualify:
PA sends in a supported move on referral form, and YP applies with PA support online to the housing register.

Care leavers get to practice independent living with taster flats

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

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

Care leavers are provided with a setting up allowance

Allowance amount: £3000

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

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

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

North Northamptonshire Council in principle will assist with support with broadband costs for care leavers

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

North Northamptonshire Council will pay towards cooking equipment for care leavers

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

North Northamptonshire Council will pay for work/interview clothes

North Northamptonshire Council will pay towards travel to work or training

There are ringfenced apprenticeship vacancies for care leavers at North Northamptonshire Council

6 apprenticeship vacancies are ringfenced a year

Care leavers are working as apprenticeships within North Northamptonshire Council

Number per year: 6

Additional information about work and training:
On Work Clothes - a £100 offer to start work. We also have a free clothes rail of corporate wear donate through the local offer (Barclaycard Northampton)


1. Any YP we employ or who are employed by a business we work with through our local offer, will be able to access our support package. This is individual and can include 3 way supervision, meetings involving the PA, whatever is needed to support the YP into the role.

2. We take groups of YP’s to business and organisations who support YP into the workplace on open days, days to look round, taster days for that industry, whatever is available on our local offer.

3. Workshops for resilience and employability run by organisations.

4. Prospects offer a weekly drop in at our care leavers hub

5. Our Senior PA meets with all the local college to discuss attendance and any concerns to keep the YP’s in education

6. Jobs within the unitaries and the trust are sent to us and we send out to all our care leavers on our email distribution list and social media sites.

7. Our senior PA has lots of links locally into ETE options and distributions and sign posts accordingly

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

Passport: Yes

Provisional Driving Licence: Yes

Birth Certificate: Yes

North Northamptonshire Council in principle will assist with driving lessons

North Northamptonshire Council in principle will assist with driving theory tests

North Northamptonshire Council in principle will assist with driving tests

North Northamptonshire Council in principle will assist with CBT tests

Partners local to North Northamptonshire 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 do not have the opportunity for mentoring with any of the senior leadership team

Additional details:
Offering work experience with our councillors and other partner organisations. We will try and give you a business mentor if you require

North Northamptonshire Council has a children in care and care leavers council

Details of council:
Care leavers council west has about 20 members
North has 3

Children in care council west has about 20 members
North has about 8

Contact Lorraine Flute [email protected] and Marion Winship [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

North Northamptonshire Council does not have peer mentors (other care leavers)

North Northamptonshire Council has other mentoring schemes

Details:
Barclays bank and GXO both offer 5 mentoring spaces.
We also have creative mentoring – 5 spaces.

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:
They can access their PA, or they can also use Service Six who offer to go through their files with them and support as needed.