Medway Update Steve Duthie Deputy Headteacher Medway Virtual School 1 82 open care leavers to the service 81 have an up to date PWP 95 have had PA contact in the last 8 weeks 20 care leavers are in Staying Put ID: 932647
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Care Leavers Progressive Partnership Conference 02/11/2020
Medway Update
Steve Duthie
Deputy Headteacher
Medway Virtual School
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82 open care leavers to the service.81% have an up to date PWP.95% have had PA contact in the last 8 weeks.20 care leavers are in Staying Put. An example of those in accommodation is:10 young people have their own private tenancy 30 are in social housing tenancies 54 are in supported accommodation 21 are living with family/friends. 12 care leavers are currently in prison;3 aged 19, 3 aged 20 and 6 aged over 21. 43% are in ETE.
Care Leavers in Medway
Slide381 NEET care leavers
14 – due to illness12 - due to parenting40 – are seeking ETE opportunities13 - are not seeking2 – unknown(15 not seeking are those in prison)The focus of care leavers week is on ETE including an Employment Event with employers and young people on 28th October. Young people will be meeting with employers and holding interviews to hopefully secure employment or work experience opportunities. It will be monitored as to how many job roles come from the event and if successful could be something we hold again. There will be lead workers within the service to ensure processes are followed and workers are kept up to date, in areas such as ETE, Custody, Accommodation.
Slide4Activity
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Education 16+hrs
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123337Education <16hrs41038Employed 16+hrs368522Employed <16hrs144110Higher Ed 16+hrs502714Higher Ed <16hrs00022Training 16+hrs20215Training <16hrs01001Voluntary (noseek)00011Voluntary (seeking)00101[Total]33242023101NEET - illness213713NEET - not seeking433515NEET - parenting013812NEET - seeking15145943Unknown30003[Total]2419142986Accommodation18192021+TotalCare home20114Fam/friends - LT280313Fam/friends - ST50027Foyer21216Lodger11002Resi Home/Hospital20002Residential School00202Shared Lives02305Staying put562316Sup accom24126952Sup lodge541010Temp accom01023Tenant - HA2251726Tenant - LA etc00527Tenant - Private122510[Total] Suitable51392945165Prison133613Unknown51118YOI00101[Total] Unsuitable645722
Slide5Head of Corporate Parenting Paul Startup
Group Manager Debbie TaylorTeam A Team Manager Carla ThompsonSenior Practitioner Priscilla Kujinga
Social Worker Bridget Hoyte
Social Worker Lesley
Annormensah International SW Blessward Bumhira Personal Advisor Marlena MoutinhoPersonal Advisor Grace Omorogbe-AmuPersonal Advisor Ashleigh CareyPersonal Advisor Craig Easterby Personal Advisor Pam PocockPersonal Advisor Bernadette BradleyStudent Social Worker Rachael Barrington Team B Team Manager Jo KavanaghSenior Practitioner VACANCYInternational Social Worker Stephen RwodziSocial Worker Phuong Truong NQSW Laura Ballantyne Personal Advisor Debi WardPersonal Advisor Bola AkinsikuPersonal Advisor Sonya GoodredPersonal Advisor Shem ToplissPersonal Advisor Grace FagbeyiroParent Support Practitioner Lauren Dyer Medway Post 16 Team Structure
Slide6Slide7Slide8Additional Support for Young People in Further/Higher Education.
Additional support for young people might include:Higher Education bursary £2000 to be paid to each young person Help with clothes for interviews, work placements etc.Fares to get to interviews, work placements etc.Special equipment/clothing not provided by the college/universityHelp with transport costsHelp with special needs or health issues. The list is not exhaustive, and Pathway Plans should take account of individual circumstances when detailing support to be provided.
Assistance and Support for Young People in Education / Training / Employment
Planning Financial Support for Higher Education (HE) Students.As a general rule, young people planning to attend an HE institution will be expected to apply for the maximum amount of financial assistance available through universal grants, loans and bursaries available for the course that they are intending to study. A clearly informed estimate of the level of funding available should be made at the earliest opportunity. A financial plan should be drawn up covering at least the period of the first academic year (including the summer vacation) and presented to Team Manager for approval at the earliest opportunity. The plan should include all sources of income and essential outgoings, including the young persons living and accommodation costs and should be in 2 parts covering term-time and academic holidays/vacations.Additional Support for Young People in TrainingAdditional support for young people might include:Help with clothes for interviewsFares to get to interviewsSpecial clothing or footwear not provided by the training providerSpecial equipment not provided by the training providerHelp with transport costsHelp with special needs or health issues The list is not exhaustive, and Pathway Plans should take account of individualcircumstances when detailing support to be provided.
Slide9Young People Doing Recognized Voluntary Work.
If a young person, otherwise unemployed is engaged in recognized voluntary work for at least 4 hours per week an additional incentive may be paid. The level of the payment should reflect the level of the commitment undertaken by the young person and agreed by the Team Manager. Additional Support for Young People in Employment.Additional support for young people might include:Help with clothes for interviewsFares to get to interviewsSpecial clothing or footwear not provided by the employerHelp with transport costs during the first month of employmentHelp with special needs or health issuesThe list is not exhaustive, and Pathway Plans should take account of individual circumstances when detailing support to be provided.
Other Financial Support with Contact
For eligible/relevant care leavers contact with family will be funded as assessed by social worker and agreed in care/pathway plan.
In exceptional circumstances a young person over the age of 18 may be given such assistance as agreed with the Leaving Care Team Manager. Pathway Plans should identify significant people who the young person needs to keep in contact with, and how contact will happen. Suitable arrangements should be made to ensure that the young person has the means to facilitate a reasonable level of contact with family members and significant others.
Slide10Access to Leisure.
Young people should be encouraged to make use of leisure facilities, and to pursue sports, hobbies and pastimes. All young people should have a Passport to Leisure. Some young people may have talents or abilities which should be encouraged and nurtured.Financial support through a Pathway Plan might include:Help with sports equipmentHelp with musical instruments, tuition costs, exam fees, sheet music etc.Help with membership fees of clubs, leisure centres
, gyms etc.
Special training or coaching fees
Music or singing lessonsPayment for services at sports clubs and facilities
Slide11Medway Virtual School Team
Slide12Slide13Medway Virtual School Support Includes:
Monthly Briefing Sessions designed to update DLACTs and DMS. Monthly ‘Coffee Catchups’ as a less formal mechanism to enable networking amongst DMS/DLACTs with a surgery for support.Training sessions run every 2 terms to provide more formal training delivered by both MVS and external staff.Induction and ‘top up training’ for newly appointed DLACTs/DMS and Social Workers.Weekly PEP surgeries to enable Social Workers to drop in with queries relating to PEP documents and processes.
Slide14Slide15Sign Posting to Government Mental Health Support
https://www.annafreud.org/schools-and-colleges/research-and-practice/the-link-programme/
Slide16Slide17Monitoring and Supporting
Slide18PEPs
PEPS RECEIVED25364%PEPS OUTSTANDING
115
29%
NO PEP MEETING277%Summer 2020Autumn 2019
Slide19Digital Devices
The Department of Education provided a total of 684 devices and 92 4G dongles to Medway Council for Vulnerable Children, these devices were Microsoft Laptop (580), Google Chromebook (77) and Microsoft Tablets (27). A total of 27 Microsoft Laptops and 12 Dongles were provided by The DfE for disadvantaged year 10 students. To be eligible for a device, the child was required to be aged between 0-19 with Medway social worker, including children who are open to a disability team, or a Care Leaver – which was outlined by the DfE. Guidance. Requests for devices were received by social workers and schools. Requests were checked to avoid double funding, the number of siblings in a home and utilisation of a single device, risk assessments (exploitation or any additional vulnerabilities) and to ensure the request meets the eligibility. The devices were delivered and stored at Gun Wharf and arrangements were made between Virtual School, school/college, and IT department to collect and sign for devices.
Slide20Medway Youth Service
Slide21Brief Intervention Counselling Project
Medway Youth Service has been funded by the Police Crime Commissioner to provide Brief Intervention Counselling aimed at young people aged 10-19, and up to 25 with additional needs in Medway. What is available?The service will provide up to 6 sessions of counselling per young person, including an assessment session.Our funding will enable us to offer 50 young people across Medway counselling support.
Who is it for?
The service is aimed at young people in Medway aged 10-19 who are experiencing low level needs or need support with various challenges in their day to day lives.This is counselling is NOT intended as a replacement or substitute for CAMHS / NELFT level 3 or 4 support.The service is not appropriate for all areas of trauma that young people experiencing (see note attached) Young people referred CANNOT be receiving counselling at school or from any other source How to access?All referrals need to be made through Medway Youth Service ( youth.service@medway.gov.uk , using the attached referral form. Cases will be allocated on a first come first served basis.Referrals will be screened and any inappropriate referrals (see notes re tiers and trauma) will be returned. The Medway Youth Service will manage any waiting lists and will cap referrals if case levels exceed the work that can be completed with the hours available.
Slide22Slide23Thank you for attending
steve.duthie@medway.gov.ukvirtualschool@medway.gov.uk