Isle of Anglesey

Care leavers receive priority for social housing

Priority is offered up to the age of: 25

Banding priority is: Urgent or band one – dependent on their assessed circumstances at the time.

Additional information / how to qualify:
Phone Housing Services on 01248 752250 housing option. Undertake a first contact, which will open the application process.
Very often, a young person leaving care or left care will be provided with ongoing support. Support workers can approach housing with the care leavers’ consent in order to support the application process.
https://www.anglesey.gov.uk/documents/Docs-en/Housing/Common-Housing-Allocation-Policy.pdf
An application would qualify for the ‘Urgent’ band if they:
 have an urgent housing need (as set out in the box below), and
 have an Anglesey and Community connection (please see 9.5 for what counts as a
Anglesey connection).
The Urgent Band is reserved for very urgent cases. Very few applicants are likely to be
awarded this status.
4. People accommodated by the local authority in care or approved
supported housing who are deemed ready to ‘move on’
5. The household needs social housing urgently to prevent a child being taken
into care or remaining in care
Examples include:
(a) Foster parents who urgently need accommodation to take care of a child.
(b) Cases where a child care plan has identified the need for accommodation to prevent
the child being looked after by the authority (for example, child in need / looked after
child / child protection).

In the event the care leaver is homeless or threatened with homelessness, emergency provision can be provided, if deemed suitable by their social worker / support worker. Once the care leaver moves into more secure & permanent accommodation, a homeless starter pack is offered which provides basic home set up facilities. This is done in partnership with Childrens’ services to ensure the care leaver is provided with the correct home set up support and so forth.

Care leavers get to practice independent living with taster flats

Additional information:
Ynys Mon Council’s Leaving Care team have a training flat where young people are able to live independently for up to 28 days. If this is successful they can apply for further stays at the flat at a later stage.
This is available from 16-25 and needs to be discussed with the Leaving Care Team.

Isle of Anglesey in principle will assist as a guarantor for care leavers in private rented property

Details:
This is offered provided the landlord accepts. The young person would be subject to monthly support visits from the Leaving Care team.

Isle of Anglesey in principle will assist with providing a deposit for care leavers in private rented property

Details:
This will be provided by the Leaving Care Team in conjunction with the Homesless prevention team and may be subject to a Financial Inclusion assessment in the first instance.

Care leavers are provided with a setting up allowance

Allowance amount: ££1500.00

Isle of Anglesey in principle will assist with support to pay at least the first year TV licence for care leavers

Isle of Anglesey in principle will assist with support to pay at least the first year home contents insurance for care leavers

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

Isle of Anglesey in principle will assist with support with broadband costs for care leavers

Isle of Anglesey in principle will assist with support with mobile phone costs for care leavers

Isle of Anglesey will pay towards cooking equipment for care leavers

Isle of Anglesey does not offer work experience within the council for care leavers

Isle of Anglesey will pay for work/interview clothes

Isle of Anglesey will pay towards travel to work or training

There are no ringfenced apprenticeship vacancies for care leavers at Isle of Anglesey

We are unable to confirm if there are care leavers working as apprenticeships within Isle of Anglesey

Additional information about work and training:
The Isle of Anglesey Council has had a scheme called ‘Denutalent’ which can allow for young people to apply for 16 weeks paid training within the authority. However, this is not solely for Care Leavers and is quite competitive.

The Leaving Care Team work in conjunction with other work and training support providers on the Island, MON CF and ADTRAC and have a named person within the Local Job Center.

Isle of Anglesey will ensure each young person has ID documents when they leave care

Passport: Yes

Provisional Driving Licence: Yes

Birth Certificate: Yes

Isle of Anglesey in principle will assist with driving lessons

Isle of Anglesey in principle will assist with driving theory tests

Isle of Anglesey in principle will assist with driving tests

Isle of Anglesey in principle will assist with CBT tests

Partners local to Isle of Anglesey offer support with free travel for care leavers

Bus: Yes

Train / Tram: Yes

Additional details:
the Job center / probabtion and Youth Justice services will occasionally support with travel costs dependent on the needs of the young person

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

Isle of Anglesey does not have a children in care and care leavers council

Isle of Anglesey does not have peer mentors (other care leavers)

Isle of Anglesey does not have other mentoring schemes

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 emotional support would be available should the young person request.