1. Care Leavers Project Update Kent Housing Options Group 3 March 2016

2. 16-25 Accommodation Programme
1. Transforming the Care Leavers Pathway (0-25 Unified Programme) 2. Development and Implementation of an Accommodation and Support Services commissioning plan for Children in Care, Care Leavers and vulnerable young people. 3. Maximising opportunities for Care Leavers to secure Borough /District Social housing - The 16/17 year old protocol
Work Streams

3. 0-25 Programme External Spend
Reaching the right families
Effective intervention
Reaching and effectively working with young people and families, linking to both open access and specialist services
Service Delivery (EH)
Open Access
Early Help
SCS
In Care
Use of Children’s Centres
Service Delivery (SCS)
Effective and timely intervention with young people and families at tier 3 and 4
Edge of Becoming Looked After
Fostering
The best settings for children and young people in care to thrive and become independent
Residential
Care Leavers
Adoption

4. Care Leavers Promoting Independence
Using the most appropriate support to promote independence for Care Leavers and Looked After Children
Promoting independence
Fostering Placement
Supported Accommodation
Independent Accommodation
Time through Care System
Current care leavers have highly variable paths to an independent life, with some being well prepared to move into their own accommodation, and others not being supported appropriately.
Increased structure in the care leaver pathway and preparation for independence will result in a smoother transition for all care leavers.

5. Problem definition
Problem definition
Data capture for over 500 care leavers showed there was a potential to significantly reduce the pathway length for young people in non-independent accommodation
Opportunity to increase moves to independence by increasing accommodation availability, visibility of young person needs and their readiness for independent living
Significant potential impact on reducing pathway length, by SMART action planning and short interval control between pathway planning process
Two forms used to:
Capture strengths and weaknesses of young people
Capture areas where support is needed
Focus on top 5 actions needed to support young person to independence
Monitor reasons why progress is not being made
Planning tools

6. Care Leaver Action Plan

7. Dashboard - Young people that could move on
Problem definition
Used to identify:
- Young people that could move on
- Young people that may be vulnerable / at risk of accommodation breakdown
- Actions outstanding
- Key issues preventing action being taken

8. Independence monitoring
High Independence level
Low Independence level
Highest and lowest scoring young people are highlighted by type of accommodation
Supported (On Site) 1 2 3 4 5 %
Personal Adviser 1 %
Personal Adviser 2 %
Personal Adviser 3 %
Personal Adviser 4 %
Personal Adviser 5
Supported (Family) 1 2 3 4 5 %
Senior PA 1 %
Personal Adviser 6 %
Senior PA 2 % %
Personal Adviser 7
Goal area
Goal
Date
Is able to manage utilities sufficiently
Start contributing to his utility bills
13/11/2015
Is motivated to manage finances appropriately
Financial form to be completed with incoming/outgoings
01/12/2015
Can maintain and manage their tenancy ?
To prioritise bills before anything else
03/01/2016
Is able to maintain a house (painting, decorating, gardening, basic repairs)
To manage basic housework
04/02/2016
Can cook a healthy meal on a budget
To learn to cook healthy meals and budget
Levels of independence are monitored
Specific action are set for each young person to help them make progress
Young people that are identified that are ready to move on, or, that may be in need of extra support due to low independence scores

9. Project outputs
Outputs
An action plan tool that highlights core needs of young person
Data gathered on key goals required for independence; barriers to progress; use of PA time
Accommodation definitions robustly used across county for accurate reporting
KPI / metric in development
Case allocation tool developed
Softer outcomes:
Staff development and awareness of reflection and scrutiny of cases
Awareness of action planning & goal setting

10. Next steps

11. Pathway Plan Development
Sandbox Action Plans
Next steps
Pathway Plan Development
Use best of Pathway Project learning to support practice improvement
Opportunity to input learning into PwP development

12. Case progression Addresses drift
Work to date
Addresses drift
Enables staff to solve problems collaboratively
Supports training and development of new staff