Care Leavers. In recognition of the fact that Care Leavers require additional specific support we offer this group of students, additional financial, educational and emotional support to help them fulfil their potential. We have held the Xxxxx Xxxxxx Kitemark for the past three years in recognition of our commitment to these students. An appointed, confidential, ‘Care Leavers Co-ordinator’ provides a central point of contact which minimises any difficulties applicants might have in being fully informed about entry to higher education. Advice and guidance is offered pre- entry, during the admissions process and on admission to the university. The Student Support Services Advisor offers extra support if required and ensures students have access to the range of support services we provide. For qualifying students the University of Chichester’s package for those with a care background currently consists of: • A Care Leavers’ Bursary. • The offer of campus accommodation 365 days a year at the current rate • A named Student Advisor throughout your stay at University Widening Participation Outreach Work In addition the WP team ensures the following raises the agenda of care leavers at various local levels. • In collaboration with the local authority, taster days and on campus activities are offered to cohorts of care leavers across the region. • Working collaboratively with our target schools and colleges we ask that the school encourages at least one student from a care background to participate in each event through the LPF. • Our Widening Participation Manager sits on the board of a pan-Sussex Care Leavers Group which will sustain the current Aim higher development of work in this area. • Our Widening Participation/ Student Support teams offer a staff development session internally to raise awareness of the needs of students from a care background. Our Care Leaver Application Process The Care Leavers co-ordinator, CLC, oversees this process. Applicant • Self identifies on UCAS Form Admissions • Send letter and form to applicant requesting further information • Letter signed by CLC Applicant • Responds directly to CLC CLC • CLC obtains confirmation from relevant local authority to confirm time in care Review Panel • Considers application for extra support/provision on case by case basis CLC • Advises applicant of outcome and ensures they have all necessary paperwork and information CLC • Contacts: • Student Support to arrange additional tutor support • Finance for bursary de...
Care Leavers. The College has Looked After Children studying on programmes for 16-18 year olds, and who will become care leavers at the age of 18. If any of these students progress onto our HE programmes, we continue to support them with our Welfare officer, and also make any additional support arrangements through Student Services.
Care Leavers. The College is cognisant of its duties under The Children and Young People’s (Scotland) Act 2014 in relation to young people in care and care leavers and our duty as Corporate Parents to understand the lives of Scotland’s looked after young people and care leavers and respond to their needs as any parent should. In collaboration with our CPP colleagues, we are working on producing a Corporate Parent Plan for the College that will outline our responsibilities and actions. The College nurtures a positive partnership and close working relationship with West Lothian Children & Families Steering Board in our commitment to further develop and improve the level and quality of the support offered for this cohort and to raise the number of care-experienced students enrolling and successfully attaining at West Lothian College. We were awarded the Buttle UK Quality Mark, which endorsed our commitment to young people in and leaving care, and are committed to increase our targets and activity with this vulnerable group of learners. We work closely with West Lothian Council External Hub members, including West Lothian Young Carers and Youth Inclusion Project, to remove barriers to participation and successful outcomes among young people in care and care leavers whilst supporting the CPP commitment to GIRFFEC to reduce the actual number of young people in and leaving care. We are also an active member of the Care Experienced and Carers East Forum (CECEF) led by Xxxxxx Xxxx University. Recent innovative practice has seen the appointment of a Positive Participation Officer, an employee of West Lothian Council, joining our Support for Learning Team. Based at the College, the Officer is working collaboratively with College and SDS staff to identify vulnerable learners, particularly care experienced individuals, who are at risk of negative destinations to offer support into sustained employment, education or training. Positive action to identify and further support our care experienced and young carer learners will see the application form revised to include a field to guarantee those declared learners with interview for their first course of choice. Furthermore, the College’s Workforce Development Team is supporting three new recruits with an SVQ in Business Administration level 3, appointed by Scottish Children's Reporter Administration (SCRA), all of whom have experience of the Children’s Hearings System and/or being in care. The College’s commitment to enhancing employer ...
Care Leavers. The University acquired the Xxxxx Xxxxxx Trust HE Quality Mark in June 2009 for work with Care Leavers and Young People in Care. The University has led work in the local region through Aimhigher West, working with local authority Virtual Schools for young people in care. With the end of Aimhigher funding the University has committed funds in 2011/12 to continue outreach work with Care Leavers and support for them on entry to the University and throughout their studies. In 2010/11 we provided bursaries to 26 students, in three cohorts, all under the age of 25. We intend to offer bursaries to include over 25 year olds from 2012/13. Attrition rates for care leavers have improved from 40% in 2007 to 30% in 2009. Our target for 2012/13 is 20 new Care Leavers, who will be offered bursaries and integrated programmes of access measures including the new University of the West of England Student Progression Framework. We wish to maintain similar levels of recruitment for subsequent years, build on the retention record referred to above and target care leavers for graduate employment.
Care Leavers. The University has now fully embedded a supportive infrastructure for outreach and transition support for young students entering HE/NTU from local authority care and/or Foyer projects, which meets the Buttle Trust Quality Mark standards and plays an active role in delivering a the regional activity programme for young people in local authority care in Nottingham/Nottinghamshire. Our intentions are to maintain and develop these activities, including working with the Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx Students‟ Union to enhance our information resources to support this work, develop further resources aimed specifically at care leavers and their workers/carers and work more closely with the Students‟ Union to identify and provide safe social opportunities for students.
Care Leavers. In the absence of parents or families to provide role models and support them financially, Care Leavers may require additional support to enable them to succeed on their course and overcome any barriers they may face. The targeted support package for students who are Leavers from Care, which was introduced in September 2014, is continuing with a growing number of students accessing this additional financial and academic/pastoral support package. In addition to the financial support detailed later in this agreement, all UK Home students, enrolled on a full-time, undergraduate UCLan programme, defined as in care for at least 13 weeks, spanning their 16th birthday and under 25 on the first day of the academic year of commencement of course of study are eligible for a range of targeted support arrangements including: A dedicated point of contact for advice and support, from application through admission, enrolment and study. This point of contact is able to offer advice on a range of issues and signpost / refer to other services as required, including offering advice on funding sources which can be accessed in addition to the UCLan Care Leavers’ Bursary Access to a peer mentoring / wellbeing scheme, study skills support and enhanced careers support A Care Leavers’ Group (staff and students), which meets regularly to provide opportunities for discussion and mutual support Waivers on deposits for University-owned accommodation / year-round accommodation contracts for students who may not have alternative accommodation during vacations Access to internships and other employment opportunities whilst at UCLan, to assist with finances. Further information on the Care Leavers’ package of support can be found at: xxxxx://xxx.xxxxx.xx.xx/students/money/care_leavers_support.php.
Care Leavers. Increase the percentage of all looked after young people leaving care who have a pathway plan. Steady improvement now recording 100% pathway plan. Monitoring and evaluating this measure established an unmet mental health need for care leavers. Progress GOOD. Key indicators are shown in National Outcome 7 (tackling inequalities). 3. Supported when needed • Surestart – Progress GOOD. Key indicators are included in National Outcome 5 (early years). • Young Carers - Each secondary school has at least one staff member who has received training on young carer issues and has at least one staff member as the named contact for young carers in the school. Aims have largely been achieved with each Secondary School having a named contact. Training been arranged for 11 of 29 schools Target is a limited indicator of the range of work undertaken. Progress GOOD. • Housing & Homelessness - Reduce the number of families with children/pregnant women in unsuitable temp accommodation not covered by exception. Numbers using B&B remain low but persistent. There is a view that some B&B can be appropriate. Progress ADEQUATE. • Teenage pregnancy - Sustain a downward trend in the number and rate of teenage pregnancies. Waiting more recent national date. Numbers and rates show a decline and have been consistent below national rates. However statistical validity is uncertain due to low numbers. Progress GOOD. Indicators are included in National Outcome 5. • Ed of Ethnic Minority Children - Increase the percentage of Minority Ethnic Community Children in P3, 4, 6, 7 and S2 stages achieving or exceeding the appropriate 5-14 level relevant to their stage in reading, writing and maths. Increase the proportion of Minority Ethnic Community Children attaining at SCQF level 3 in English and Maths by the end of S4 and increase the average tariff of these pupils. Primary attainment has made good improvement and now approaching the Highland wide average. S4 attainment continues to be very high and above that of Highland wide averages. Progress GOOD. Key indicators are included in National Outcome 7. Local Outcomes Local outcome 8.1 Children grow up safely Local Performance Indicators Frequency / Type / Source Baseline Targets & Timescales Maintain good grading in Inspection reports of the Child Protection Committee inspection Annual or later / Inspection report / Child Protection Committee Last report June 2006 Good 29 May 2008 Good or Very Good Indicators for road safety are included in nationa...
Care Leavers. The University has a track record in working with care leavers and looked after children with a range of agencies. It holds the Xxxxx Xxxxxx xxxx xxxx and is committed to maintaining this. Activity covers a range of interventions from aspiration raising to retention support for current students. By the very nature of this work this group tends to reflect a range of indices relating to multiple deprivation. BME BME work will be subject focused in areas from Education and Teaching to Arts and Business Management. Most of the work will be community focused with both adults and young people, working through faith agencies, community centres, clubs and societies, schools and colleges. Projects range from specific curriculum development and more general aspiration programmes (e.g. the University has developed and runs ‘Is HE 4 Me’ aimed at both general and specific wp mature audiences). Mature Mature work will cover a range of initiatives from collaborations relating to resettlement projects to IAG support.
Care Leavers. The University of Brighton recognises that some groups within schools require more support and has a long established track record of work with looked after children and care leavers. We recognise that care leavers are a particularly under-represented group, and in keeping with our mission to widen participation to higher education broadly, we will continue to run a Spring School specifically aimed at looked after young people in East Sussex. We have established a cross-institution Care Leavers’ Group, which has representation from members of staff who have a key role to play across the student lifecycle and we aim to develop and grow the work of this group in 2015-16. The group includes the WP team, the bursaries team, Student Services, alumni, Accommodation Services, Student Support and Guidance Tutors (SSGTs), Equality and Diversity staff. The Group will also have student representatives who have experienced the care system. We are proud that our Buttle UK Quality Mark in HE for our commitment to supporting care experienced learners was renewed in 2013, and have a specific target in our access agreement to increase participation of care leavers. To this end we have established partnerships with the Virtual Schools in Brighton and Hove, West Sussex and East Sussex to support looked after children. We would like to increase our work to support organisations which offer educational support for looked after children and to continue our success in increasing the numbers of care leavers enrolled at the University of Brighton. We were the lead sponsor for the EPIC (Exceptional People in Care) Awards for West Sussex in 2014, and aim to continue to support our local Virtual Schools into 2015/16. We have responded to guidance from OFFA which recommends that widening participation interventions start early and take a holistic approach which supports pupils along their entire journey through education and into their early careers. The holistic nature of this work cannot be done in isolation without the involvement of their parents and carers. The university has appointed a member of staff with a specific remit to work with parents and carers and developed a strategy which will encompass engagement at all stages of their children’s involvement with the university, and in particular dovetailing with our long-established work with primary schools. It is important that parental support is gained and fostered from the very beginning of the process to ensure their engage...
Care Leavers. 4.4.1 For young people who are moving into adulthood and have previously been in the care / criminal justice system this can be a turbulent time in terms of the risk they present to others as well as their safety and wellbeing.
4.4.2 As such it is vital that there is a clear plan to assist and manage these young people and that the YOS Officer and Leaving Care worker (social worker or personal advisor), work together to promote independence and risk management.
4.4.3 YOS will ensure that a representative attends the Integrated Placement and Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx (IPEP) and the 16+ accommodation panel. A YOS representative will attend the MAARS (Multi-Agency Adults at Risk) panel where there is an open YOS case being discussed.
4.4.4 The Personal Advisor will attend CPF’s and planning meetings as relevant and it is the responsibility of the YOS Officer to ensure that they are invited.
4.4.5 There is a link YOS Personal Advisor in the Leaving Care Team who will hold a large proportion of cases that are also open to the YOS and will be invited to YOS Team Meetings, as appropriate, to ensure good communication between the two services.
