Achieving Economic Well-being

PRACTICE EXAMPLES, TOOLS and RESOURCES  

6. ACHIEVING ECONOMIC WELL BEING 

• Report from SETF, DCSF and NCAS on education, employment and training
• Fostering Network - young parents in foster care finance: finance information sheet for foster carers.pdf
• Yorkshire and Humber regional leaving care ETE workshop Good practice guide
  

6.1  Tools and resources

Employment support policies·              

• Economic Wellbeing CYP Plan - Tower Hamlets       
• Wigan - Employability procedures and guidelines for looked after children               
• East Riding - Employment and Work Experience Initiatives
• Birmingham brighter future presentation on the implementation of the From Care2Work programme
• NAS - presentation on encouraging LA to offer apprenticeships for care leavers 
• Bolton - Lase Scheme

6.2 Practice examples               

Local authority and other local work experience, training & employment opportunities        

• Southampton - Employment Scheme        
• Sheffield - Moving On Up        
• User Involvement Post - Staffordshire·        
• Connexions partnership for rural provision - East Riding       
• Work experience opportunities - East Riding                 
• Gloucestershire – Local Employers Business Breakfast       
• Work experience partnerships -Tower Hamlets 
• Derbyshire - apprenticeship scheme
• Derby City Council - V Talent project
• Leicester City Council- Apprenticeship scheme
• Lewisham - Traineeship scheme
• Sheffield- Star Awards scheme
• Wolverhampton - From Care2Work process
• Lincolnshire - Apprenticeship scheme
• North East Lincs - Tailored work placements
• North East Lincs - Young people's employability scheme starter packNorth East Lincs - A guide to CRB's for council staff
• North East Lincs - A guide to risk assessments for potential council managers
• North East Lincs - A guide to work based placements for council staff
• North East Lincs - A guide to young people's health and safety
• North East Lincs - Info on the 16+ team for employability scheme managers
• North East Lincs - Employability scheme manager's starter pack
• North East Lincs - Welcome pack for care leavers going onto the council's employability scheme
• North East Lincs - Timesheet for the council employability scheme
• North East Lincs - Employability scheme evaluation form
• Bradford LEAP project
• LEAP project monitoring tool - excel spreadsheet
• LEAP E2E pamphlet
• LEAP questionnaire summary
• LEAP pamphlet 

• North East Lincs Employ a care leaver within the Town Hall 

• Walsall council - Positive action scheme

6.2 Tools and resources

Local authority and other local work experience, training & employment tools        

• Tower Hamlets - Partnership Protocol for Work Experience        
• Wigan - Employability Procedures and Guidelines        
• Wigan - Work experience scheme·        
• N.Somerset - SUI Post JD·       
• Wolverhampton - SUI Post JD 
• Derbyshire- World of work booklet
• Tomorrow's Paper- young people self assessment tool
• Lincolnshire - Pre apprenticeship scheme of work
• Lincolnshire - Care leavers apprenticeship guidance
• Lincolnshire - Apprenticeship guidance for employers

6.3 Tools and resources

Job Centre Plus agreements        

• Surrey - 16plus Connexions Partnership Policy       
• Coventry and Warwickshire – Interagency agreement (with Connexions & LSC)

6.4 Tools and resources

Financial assistance policies

• Finance and Entitlement Care Leavers - Staffordshire
• Cheshire - Financial Policy for Children Leaving Care
• Hull - Financial PolicySurrey – Financial Support Policy
• Wigan – Financial assistance for care leavers: guidelines and procedures       
• Information for Foster Carers - Sources of funding for post 18 young people
• Information for Foster Carers - Financial arrangementsPost-18
• Devon City Council and Connexions protocol
• Devon City Council financial support in HE letter

6.5 Tools and resources

Needs assessments & Pathway Plan for financial support: Generic tools including sections on financial needs

• Bath and NE Somerset - Needs Assessment
• Bath and NE Somerset - Pathway Plan
• Surrey - Pathway Assessment and Guidance
• Surrey - Pathway Plan and Guidance
• Wigan - Independent Living Assessment Pack 

6.6 Practice examples        

Financial payment methods

• Payment methods - Tower Hamlets 

6.6 Tools and resources

• Hull - Financial Payment Methods 
• Wigan - Financial Payment Methods  

6.7 Practice examples

• Lewisham - Traineeship scheme

6.7 Tools and resource

• Hull - ETE financial incentives
• Surrey - Financial support for ETE 
• Devon City Council financial support in HE letter

6.8 Tools and resources

Needs assessment & Pathway Plan for financial support for qualifying young people - Not yet available  

6.9 Tools and resources·       

• Surrey – Guidance on Independent Living Grant
• Wigan – Guidance on Support with Setting up Home  
• Care leaver foundation - survey on leaving care grants

6.10 Tools and resources

Information for young people about financial entitlements and money management        

• Calderdale - Financial Entitlements        
• Dough UK Personal Finance Information for Young People - Norfolk County Council 
• Tower Hamlets - Guide to Leaving Care Services including financial entitlement 

Assessment tool – provision of education, training and employment opportunities- Not yet available  

6.12 Practice examples

• Devon CC - Housing benefit payments managed by leaving care team and funding for staying put placements.pdf

Assessment tool – receipt of financial entitlement and support - Not yet available  

6.13 Tools and resources

Assessment tool – adequacy of support for setting up home and education, training and employment - Not yet available