Post 16 and care leavers
Telford & Wrekin Virtual School Post 16 Priorities
The aim of the Virtual School Post 16 team is to work with a range of professionals to improve outcomes for all of our children and young people in care in Years 12 and 13 and for our care leavers, through direct work with young people and driving improvement in practice amongst professionals and providers.
- Download the Post 16 handbook September 2023. (.pdf Size: 971Kb)
- Download the Year 11 transition guide to Post 16 (.pdf Size: 438Kb) .
Telford 16-19
Telford 16-19 has almost 300 A-levels, BTECs and apprenticeships across six schools and colleges make Telford an inspirational hub for learning, opportunity and achievement.
Financial Education for Care leavers
Financial education for care Leavers: from the Department for Education: Minister Ford recently met with Julian Knight MP to discuss the APPG report on the importance of financial education for children in care. Following the meeting, NAVSH have been working with the charity Young Money to identify free resources to support professionals and young people on this subject, with the aim of bringing this material together in one place.
Visit the Young Enterprise APPG Financial Education for Children in Care website
Visit the Young Enterprise Financial Education Programme and services
The Job Box
The Job Box is a free Council service which supports people of all ages at any stage of their lives who are looking for work.
It could be your first job, a new opportunity to develop your career or if you are returning to the job market
perhaps after redundancy.
Whether that’s assistance finding a new job, interview support or developing your skills – our Job Box team can help. The first step is to get in touch.
We understand everyone’s circumstances are different so we’d always recommend getting in touch to discuss your personal situation.
Visit the Job Box website to start your journey by getting in touch with the Job Box team
Care leavers
Sooner or later you will leave care and it's important that you have support to do this. You may be leaving care to live independently, return to your family, or you may choose to stay with your foster carer after you turn 18.
View information about what support is available for care leavers
The Skills and Enterprise Hub
The Skills and Enterprise Hub offers vocational work based training giving people opportunities to gain knowledge, skills and confidence enhancing their opportunities to move towards the world of work.
At the hub we support people to develop new skills making a wide range of high quality, excellent value products and delivering services for sale to the public including:
- rustic goods
- garden products
- art and craft items
- car washing
- TWIGS - a community based gardening service for residents of Telford and Wrekin.
Visit the My Options website for information about the Skills and Enterprise Hub
Future Focus (formally known as Connexions)
Is a free support service for children from 13-19 years (up to 25 years if you have additional needs). Future Focus provide impartial information, advice and guidance on careers and future planning. They also help you when things get in the way of your learning or future plans.
Care Leaver Covenant - Connects
Connects is a new resource for care leavers to access offers and information. Care leavers who sign up to
Connects will receive tailored communications from the Covenant based on the details they submit, allowing Connects to provide them with appropriate employment and recreational opportunities. It also allows Connects to identify the needs and ambitions of care leavers in different locations and work with partners in these areas to provide meaningful opportunities. From July 1st all care leavers who want to take up Covenant opportunities will need to be signed up to Connects, however signing up only takes a couple of minutes and is effective immediately.
Visit the Care Covenant - Connects website
Download our information leaflets about the new resource Connects below :
- Connects - how it works (.pdf Size: 2505Kb)
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- Connects - overview (.pdf Size: 2161Kb) (PDF)
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The British Psychological Society
The British Psychological Society is supporting young people at key points of transition into training, learning and work during COVID-19 and beyond.
Last updated : 23 December 2024
The Department for Education (DfE) letter - higher education opportunities
Apprenticeships care leavers’ bursary guidance
Overview
The bursary is for eligible apprentices who are in care or are care leavers. It will help remove financial barriers to accessing and completing apprenticeships. The bursary is separate to the additional funding that employers and training providers can receive to support care leaver apprentices.
Eligible apprentices
For an apprentice to be eligible for the care leavers’ bursary, they must:
- be aged under 25 at the time they start their apprenticeship
- not have received the care leavers’ bursary before
- be either an eligible child, a relevant child or a former relevant child.
Young people should speak to their local authority personal adviser (PA) or social worker for professional advice and information about their leaving care status.
The website of the children’s rights organisation Coram Voice has an Am I a care leaver? quiz that can help young people understand their leaving care status and the support they should get.
Visit the Apprenticeships Care Leavers bursary website
Arts Award discover and explore
Arts Award Discover is an introductory award, designed for ages 5 and above, but is open to children and young people aged 25 and under. To achieve an Arts Award Discover, children and young people collect evidence in an individual arts log of their experiences of: taking part in arts activities. To fond out more information and how to take part.
Download the Artslink information leaflet (.pdf Size: 833Kb)
Opportunities for children and young people
Visit our latest news and events section for the latest opportunities for children and young people
Last updated : 5 December 2024