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Achieving Economic Well-being

PRACTICE EXAMPLES, TOOLS and RESOURCES  

6. ACHIEVING ECONOMIC WELL BEING 

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





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 





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 





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



 
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
Tools and resource
Hull - ETE financial incentives
Surrey - Financial support for ETE 

 

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  

 


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 

 


6.11
Tools and resources
Assessment tool – provision of education, training and employment opportunities- Not yet available  

 


6.12
Tools and resources
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