This website will help you find out what support and services you are entitled to, and who will help you get them, if you are a Somerset Care Leaver. This is our Local Offer to you.
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Support for care leavers this website was launched to ensure that young people know all the options and support that are available to them across their journey of leaving care. This new website brings together the relevant information for young people leaving care and their carers, and the professionals working with them, to make them aware of, and help them understand, the services and support available to them.
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What is the ‘Local Offer’?
Including: Who is it for? | Why we do it | If you need help now | Corporate Parents | and more
Support for 16+
Including: Personal Advisers and Leaving Care Team Leaders | Pathway Plans | Contact with your Personal Adviser | Young Parents | and more
Education, Training and Employment
Including: Leaving school | College | University | Pathways to Employment (P2E) | and more
Somewhere to live
Including: Staying put | Supported lodgings | Care Leavers’ houses | Thrive 16+ Service | and more
Money
Including: Financial support | Help with benefits | Money tips and other help | and more
Take part
Including: Care Leaver Champions | Social groups | SiCC and SLCC | Leaving Care Facebook and Instagram | and more
Health and wellbeing
Including: 16 to 18s – Why do I need a health assessment? | Get a Doctor (GP) | Getting a Dentist | Find an NHS service | and more
Keeping safe
Including: Emergency | Police | Samaritans | SIDAS | and more