Our Local Offer For Care Leavers in Southampton City Council 2025

Definition

Services and support provided to you as a Care Leaver by Southampton City Council and other agencies. 

Statutory responsibilities

The responsibilities that all Local Authorities have towards care leavers are set out in the Statutory Guidance and Regulations called ‘Planning Transitions to Adulthood for Care Leavers’. Further information can be found here:

• Children (Leaving Care) Act 2000 - Explanatory Notes
• Extending Personal Adviser support to all care leavers to age 25

These responsibilities include:

• Keeping in touch with you
• Keeping your Pathway Plan under regular review
• Providing you with a Personal Advisor to offer advice and support
• Providing financial assistance to help with employment, training or education where needed
• Pay a higher education bursary if you are at university if you are relevant or former relevant care leaver
• Support with finding appropriate housing
• Help to access health services for you to be healthy and well

Definition

A care leaver is a young person who has previously been in care. Your right to support as a care leaver will depend on when and how long you were in care. The Leaving Care Act has defined four categories of Care Leavers - Eligible, Relevant, Former Relevant and Qualifying. See details below, your worker will help you to understand which category is relevant to you.

There are some useful websites here which will also provide some help to understand these:

• My rights when I am leaving care - Coram Voice
• Next steps when leaving care - Become

Eligible

A young person aged 16 or 17 years old who has been looked after for at least 13 weeks since the age of 14 years old and who is still looked after.

Relevant

A young person aged 16 or 17 years old who has been looked after for at least 13 weeks since the age of 14 years old and who has left care.

This also includes young people who were detained (e.g. in a youth offending institution or hospital) when they turned 16 but immediately before they were looked after.

Former relevant

A young person over 18 who was previously ‘eligible’ or ‘relevant’. Children’s Services must support this group until aged 21, or longer if they are in education or training.

Qualifying

 Young people aged between 16 and up to 21 (or up to 25 if you are in education) who: 

• Left care on or after their 16th birthday and who were looked after for less than 13 weeks since their 14th birthday
• Are on a special guardianship order or were on a special guardianship order when they reached the age of 18 and were looked after immediately before the making of that order
• Relevant children who have returned home for six months or more

Outline

This document will outline what support we will offer to you. We will review this each year to make sure that what we are offering provides the best support we can.

What is a Personal Advisor?

Your Personal Advisor (PA) is dedicated to supporting you on your care leaver journey. They will build a relationship with you, any relevant family members, and any professionals identified as important people to you. 

They will work with you to create and review your Pathway Plan and support you achieve your goals.

What is a Pathway Plan?

A Pathway Plan sets out your needs, future goals and helps to identify and detail exactly what support you will receive from us. 

We will review your Pathway Plan together every 6 months if you are under 21 and every 12 months if you are over 21. If there are any significant changes in your life this plan will be reviewed. 

Most importantly it will hold your views and wishes. Your Pathway Plan will focus on areas such as relationships, home and housing, being able to participate in society, your health needs, your education, training and employment needs and your budgeting and finances.

What if I want support or a Pathway Plan after I turn 21?

If you are a Relevant or Former Relevant Care Leaver we would like you to stay in touch until the age of 25 and you will be able to ask for support until you are 25 years old. 

You may only want a short period of support about one thing, or a full Pathway Planning Service. The amount of support that you receive from your Personal Advisor will depend on what you need and your circumstances. Importantly, even if you have decided to stop working with us, you have the option to come back to us for help and support until the age of 25 years old.

Visits and support

Our minimum standard of seeing you is every two months. When you are first living independently, we will want to see you more often. If you move address, we will aim to see your accommodation within 7 days and then by we will want to spend time with you reviewing your Pathway plan. The above visiting patterns are what we do as a minimum, however we are not restricted to this, and we will see you more often if needed. You can always come to see us at The Civic Centre, Southampton or contact us if you need help:

During the week 9am-5pm:

• Tel: 02382 545254
• Email us (This is only checked during working hours in the week): 18-25duty@southampton.gov.uk

Weekend or evenings and you need emergency help ring our emergency duty team: 02380 233344

If you were an unaccompanied young person

There are also some additional sessions run by our UASC team to support you to settle in the UK. These include sessions on landmarks, advice on ESOL courses (English for Speakers of Other Languages) and support around your journey to the UK. The UASC team have some separate information sheets about courses and activities that they will also give to you. These will be held throughout the year. Please speak with your PA for more information.

If you do not yet have your leave to remain in the UK we will continue to support you with personal allowance payments of £73.15 until you are able to claim benefits, work or turn 21 years old. We will also provide accommodation to you whilst you your asylum claim is being progressed and if you are under 21 years old.

Overview

We want to support you to find suitable accommodation and help you learn skills to eventually live independently and manage your own tenancy.

Housing – Support

We’ll make sure you know how to apply for any benefits you’re entitled to so you can pay for food, rent and bills.

A Leaving Care Grant of up to £3,000 will also be provided to a young person who has eligible, relevant or former relevant care leaver status. This is to set up your home so you can afford basics like furniture, a bed, washing machine and furnishings. We’ll give you practical support in helping you to move in, look after and maintain your home. Advice and support will be given about managing your money and your tenancy (the agreement between you and your landlord).

Wifi and TV licence

If you are a care leaver with relevant or former relevant care leaver status we will support you with 1 year TV licence when you first move to your own house. 

We will also support where it is needed with cost of wifi for first 6 months of you taking on your own tenancy up to £25 a month of your first tenancy.

Housing – Basics

Southampton City Council believes that you should always have a roof over your head and somewhere safe and suitable to live, in or out of the area. 

If you’re over 18 years old, we’ll give you advice and support in helping you find a suitable place to live. This can sometimes include rent and deposit for your first tenancy.

Council Tax

Care leavers living in Southampton do not pay council tax until they reach the age of 25. 

If you do not live in the City, then we cannot make other local authorities exempt you from paying Council Tax, however we will talk to them to see if there is any council tax relief that you are entitled to as a care leaver living in their authority. We are looking at whether we can expand this offer for all our Care Leavers for the future so watch this space.

Your accommodation and housing needs

As a young person who has relevant or former relevant care leaver status with Southampton City Council, you will automatically be able to join the Southampton Housing Register. This does not mean that you will necessarily be ready to have your own tenancy at 18, and most young people remain living within their family or friends’ networks at this age. We will work with you to consider how to best support your housing needs. There are various options for your housing, and these will include:

• Staying put

  Young people in foster care are encouraged to “stay put” with their carers when they turn 18 years old. This arrangement allows you to remain with your foster carer until the age of 21 years old or up to 25 years if you are in full time education. You would then move to alternative accommodation at a later stage when you feel more ready.

• Supported Accommodation

  We work with a range of different supported accommodation providers, where you can live “semi- independently.” This means that you will have your own space in shared accommodation, but that there will be different levels of support available to you to help you get used to living in a different way. Your Social Worker, or Personal Advisor will work with you to discuss the different options that are available to you and help plan what is right for you.

• A Social Housing or Council Tenancy

  Once you have reached the stage where we both agree that you can live independently and maintain a tenancy without risk of this being lost, you will have the option to apply to Southampton City Council for social housing (this is accommodation managed by the council). Our Care Leavers Service already has access to several available tenancies a year for our care leavers, and as a care leaver when you and your Personal Advisor thinks that you are ‘tenancy ready’ we will support you to apply for housing or find suitable private rental options. Your Personal Advisor will work with our housing services to support this transition to a social housing tenancy. This can include support with rent and deposit if we feel this is suitable for you.

  If you live outside of Southampton, then we cannot award you priority status for another Local Authority. However, we will work with you and your local housing authority to ensure that they recognise your care leaver status, and we will advocate for you.

• Return home to birth or extended family

  If this is safe for you to do and this is a decision that you make, then we will support you to do this and work with your birth or extended family to make sure that you are ok and that the transition goes smoothly.

• Staying Connected Project

  We have 4 houses in Southampton with support staff who can help you build your independence skills with specific PAs to support. Your PA will discuss this with you if they think this would be the best support plan for you. 

  We will work with you to look at your budget, help you consider what you can and cannot afford. We will work with you to ensure that you claim any entitlements that could support you to fund any part of your accommodation such as housing benefits, rent and deposit schemes etc.

Helpful websites and organisations

Southampton City Council Housing advice

• Website: www.southampton.gov.uk/homelessness-advice/
• Telephone: 023 8083 2327 (during office hours)

You can also book an appointment with the Homelessness Unit.

If you are homeless because of an emergency outside of these hours, you can contact the council’s out of hours service on 023 8023 3344.

Shelter

Advice and guidance on housing-related issues.

Website: https://england.shelter.org.uk/housing_advice

No Limits

See health section for drop in times.

Website: https://nolimitshelp.org.uk/housing-and-homelessness/

akt

Support LGBTQ+ 16-25 year olds at risk of homelessness

Website: www.akt.org.uk/

Overview

We want to help you to be fit, healthy and feel good about yourself.

Health and wellbeing

We know that your physical, mental and emotional health needs are really important to become a successful and happy adult. 

Your allocated worker will help you to register with a Doctor and a Dentist and will also be able to give you advice about healthy diets and healthy lifestyles. 

With the help of our health colleagues, we will ensure that you have a copy of your health passport which provides you with your health history and you will be offered a final health review before you turn 18 years old. 

We can also help you to find information about local counselling and mental health services locally and help you to access these. 

Your PA will help you to know how to access your NHS App so you can access any future medical records.

We will fund prescriptions for you in you are under 21 years old if you are not eligible for this. We also support up to £300 towards additional health needs such as dentist or opticians as a one-off payment towards things like counselling. 

Solent Minds attend our Young People’s hub at The Civic Centre on Mondays if you find it easier to meet with them there. 

Helpful websites and organisations

No Limits

Support for anyone in Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Portsmouth or Southampton under age 26. Includes support around mental health, housing and homelessness, sexual health, substance use, money. Trained youth workers available to support.

• Website: https://nolimitshelp.org.uk/
• Address: 13 High Street Southampton SO14 2DF

Opening times:

• Monday: 10:00am – 5:00pm
• Tuesday: 10:00am – 5:00pm
• Wednesday: 1:30pm – 8:00pm
• Thursday: 10:00am – 8:00pm
• Friday: 10:00am – 5:00pm
• Saturday: 10:00am – 1:30pm
• Sunday: CLOSED

Solent Mind

Offers support if you are struggling with your mental health

• Website: www.solentmind.org.uk/ 
• Telephone: 023 8202 7810
• Address: Solent Mind, 15-16 The Avenue, Southampton, SO17 1XF

NHS

Advice and guidance on health support

Website: www.nhs.uk/

Gender Identity support

Support and advice around gender identity support.

Website: https://tavistockandportman.nhs.uk/services/gender-identity-clinic-gic/ 

Kooth  

Mental health support

Websites: 

• www.kooth.com/
• https://connect.kooth.com/young-people

Mental health helplines

There are further mental health helplines available with details at www.mind.org.uk/information-support/guides-to-support-and-services/seeking-help-for-a-mental-health-problem/mental-health-helplines/.

Overview

We have very high aspirations for children in care and care leavers. We believe that everyone who leaves our care should be supported to have the best life possible.

Employment support

Your PA can support you to go to our Employment Hub. The Employment Hub will work with you to help you have all the information that you need about the different education, employment and training opportunities that are available. This includes help with CV writing, information about courses or job opportunities.

We can provide opportunities for care leavers that include work placements, apprenticeships and access to Further Education colleges. Your PA will be able to share information about these so do tell them what things you would be interested in. 

There will also be sessions held in the Hub to support with CV writing, interview skills taking place throughout the year. 

Care leavers aged 21 or over are encouraged to come back to request support to access education or training opportunities. Southampton City Council will work with you to develop a new education and training focussed Pathway Plan including information about any financial support you may receive.

We will ensure that you have a smart outfit to wear for any interviews and will purchase your first work uniform if you need one or contribute to the cost of ‘tools for the trade’. 

If you are out of work or employment we will talk regularly about how best we can support you to get back into employment, education or training.

If you have an EHCP (Education, Health and Care Plan) your PA will attend your reviews with you to support find the best opportunities for you.  

Mentoring

We are working with Goal 17 to offer mentors to our Care Leavers who would like some 1:1 support to work towards a target or goal. If you are interested in this, please speak with your PA or have a look on their website: www.goal17.global/careleavermentoring/mentees.

University

Southampton provides a financial package of support for care leavers going on to University. We will help support you with accommodation in the university holidays, and act as the guarantor for your university accommodation.

We work closely with our local Universities to provide opportunities for care leavers to experience university life and can support you to apply for any bursaries you may be able to receive.

We will provide you with a Higher Education bursary of
£2,000 and assistance to access other financial and welfare support through the University. This is paid throughout your course; £500 1st and 2nd year, £500 at start of year 3 and £500 when you complete your course.  

Your Personal Advisor will support you throughout your course, such as providing you with a bus pass to travel to training and help fund travel back to the city once a term so that you can connect with the people who are important to you.

Your PA will also support you with a 'fill the fridge' payment once a term (3 times a year) of £160 so we can support you to get some essential food to set you up for the University term.

We know that University can be exciting but also pressure at times so we can support you to link with University welfare support and if you are not getting support you need can look to find local services who can help you. 

We look forward to hearing about your achievements and how you are getting on to celebrate with you. 

Helpful websites and organisations

Restart

Support to develop employability skills including, interview preparation, CV writing.

• Website: https://fedcap.org.uk/employment/services/restart-scheme/
• Tel: 0800 917 9262

Employability Hub

Support with finding jobs, work experience, learning and courses for those aged 18-24 and in receipt of Universal Credit.

The hub is open Monday-Friday 10am-5pm.

Based on the first floor of Southampton Central Library, SO14 7LW (what3words: ///violin.entry.bunch)

Your PA can support you to go there or more information can be found out on their website: www.southampton.gov.uk/youthhub/ or call 023 8091 7585 or complete a self-referral form and email it back to them.

Educational Grants Advisory Service

The Educational Grants Services (EGS) specialises in identifying funding from charitable trusts for educational purposes, and maintains a database of trusts and charities that assist students. You may be eligible for a grant.

• Website: https://family-action.org.uk/services/educational-grants-programme/
• Tel: 07816 408119

Direct Gov

Advice and information about money, benefits and student loans.

Website: www.directgov.co.uk

National Careers Service

Advice and guidance for finding a job.

Website: https://nationalcareers.service.gov.uk/

Other Useful Websites

• https://www.youthemployment.org.uk/looking-for-work-careers-booklet/ - Looking for work careers booklet
• www.gov.uk/browse/education - Find Apprenticeships, manage student loan balance
• www.milkround.com/ - Search for jobs
• www.ambitiousaboutautism.org.uk/what-we-do/services - Support to empower young people who are autistic
• https://notgoingtouni.co.uk/ - Support with finding jobs
• www.prospects.ac.uk/ - Support to find jobs
• www.southampton.gov.uk/directory/
• https://mycovenant.org.uk/ - Work, apprenticeships and training opportunities for Care Leavers

Overview

We want you to feel confident about yourself and be able to feel part of your local community.

All about you

We want you to feel confident in yourself about who you are. Your social worker will have hopefully spoken to you about your journey when you were a child and reasons decisions were made for you to be in care. However we understand that you may want to know more or have different questions you want to ask now as an adult. Your PA can support you to talk through your life story. 

We would also like to support you to build networks and support with family, friends and local community and can support you to find groups or activities that might be of interest to you. 

Your views matter

We have Care Leaver Forums where you can meet with other Care Leavers and discuss your views on how we can improve practice and support to you. Your views are important to us and will help us improve for the future.

If you don’t feel able to speak to your PA or need to get in contact with us with any feedback please contact Pathways through Care (this will be checked during working week only): pathwaysthrough.careduty@southampton.gov.uk

Helpful websites and organisations

LGBTQ+ support

• https://breakoutyouth.org.uk/ - An independent charity based in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. We offer a confidential support service for young people aged 11 to 25, who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning or unsure of their sexuality or gender identity
• https://mermaidsuk.org.uk/ - Supporting trans, non-binary and gender diverse young people
• https://beyond-reflections.org.uk/ - Support for trans+ people

Overview

We want you to have good relationships with your friends and important people in your life. 

Family and friends

You may have lost touch with some of your family and friends when you were a child. 

If you would like help getting back in contact with any of these speak with your PA and we can also look at organising a Family Group Conference to look at holding a meeting with your network to explore support for you. 

Support if you become a parent

If you become a parent for the first time, we want you to be the best Mum or Dad you can be. We understand that becoming a parent can be a magical but worrying time, particularly for young people who may not always have had the best experience of being parented themselves. We will help you to attend midwifery, antenatal appointments, and family nurse partnership appointments so that they can help prepare you for the birth of your child.

We will help ensure that you have supportive networks that you can turn to if you need help and advice. We will support you to get some items for your baby and give you up to £200 to help with this as well as support you to access any grants available.

Helpful websites and organisations

Family Hubs

In Southampton there are family hubs where there are groups, play and stay, health care support and also videos online. Find out more about family hubs: www.southampton.gov.uk/familyhubs/.

If you don’t live in Southampton your PA can help you find local groups where you are living.

Lullaby Trust

Advice and guidance on how to keep your baby safe.

Website: https://www.lullabytrust.org.uk/baby-safety/ 

Family Line

Helpline and advice to help you and your family.

• Opening times: Monday to Friday, 9am to 9pm
• Website: https://family-action.org.uk/get-support/
• Telephone: 080 8802 6666
• Text: 075 3740 4282
• Email: familyline@family-action.org.uk

Overview

We want you to build up your skills to be successful in living on your own and becoming an adult.

We want all young people leaving our care to feel able to participate in society. This means being able to take part in the wider world and not feel isolated and alone. 

We will give you information about groups and activities in your area. This includes inviting you to be part of Southampton Care Leavers Forum and all the events and activities organised by them.

We will support you to access local leisure and gym activities and to take part in other activities that you have an interest in.

We will support you with a gym membership of up to £20 a month or this can be given to support with sports or hobby activity.

We often hold Participation events in the Young People's Hub at the Civic Centre, Southampton, SO14 7LY. These include Care Leaver week celebrations (In October), BBQs, Christmas celebrations, theatre trips and Eid celebrations.

We also have Care Leavers football at Cantell School once a month on a Thursday to come along and have a kick about. Your PA will be able to tell you more about all these events and support you to come along.

Wednesday afternoons our PAs will be in the hub for you to come along to catch up, play a game of pool or table football. We will also be holding sessions including support with CV writing, Dads group, craft activities, mental health support, as well as outside organisations such as Mind and No Limit coming to the hub to be there for a drop in. Come along for a catch up and a cup of tea we would love to see you. 

There are also sometimes opportunities to take part in interviews for council staff or join our Young Inspectors group who will be getting young people's view on our supported living providers. There will be payment for this support at £10 voucher. If you are interested please do speak with your PA.

Driving Lessons

If you are wanting to learn to drive we will support you with £250 towards driving lessons if you show us that you have also saved the same amount for lessons.

You can download app to help you pass your theory test for free at https://mycovenant.org.uk/opportunities/aa-charitable-trust-theory-test-app/.

Helpful websites and organisations

Youth Options - Step Forward Project

Step Forward project support for Care Leavers up to 26 years old.

One to one and group sessions focused on improving social and emotional wellbeing, building confidence and peer support networks to help live independent lives. We also run family days for care leavers who have become young parents.

Your PA can support you to make a referral to them.

Website: https://youthoptions.org.uk/

Care Leavers Covenant

Discounts available for Care Leavers including gyms, driving theory tests app download.

Website: https://mycovenant.org.uk/

Overview

We want you to be successful in managing your money and budgets. 

Managing money and financial support

Managing your money is important as you become more independent. Budgeting can be difficult and stressful, and we are here to help you. Your Personal Advisor will support you with this as part of your Pathway Plan. Whilst you may receive some financial support, and many of these financial supports are shown in this offer, you will be expected to manage your own finances and live within your income.

This income will come from your employment, or educational grants/student loans or if eligible any benefits. We will help you to ensure these are in place.

We will work with you to make sure you have identification that enables you to open important things like bank accounts. This will include helping you to apply for a passport, birth certificate and provisional driving licence as well as other ID documents such as your National Insurance Number. We will pay for your first passport application or driving licence so that you have some ID.

Your birthday and celebrations

We want to celebrate your birthdays with you.

If you are living on your own or in supported accommodation we will send you some money to get a present so you can enjoy your birthday up to your 21st Birthday.

18th birthday - £100
19th and 20th Birthday - £50
£21st Birthday - £100

You will also be sent Festival allowance once a year if you are living in supported accommodation or living on your own. (e.g. Eid, Christmas). This will be a £20 voucher if you are aged of 16-21 years old. There may also be some extra hamper gifts from us also to help you to enjoy celebrations.

Helpful websites and organisations

Support with benefits

• www.gov.uk/benefits-calculators
• www.gov.uk/housing-benefit/what-youll-get

Discounts

• https://mycovenant.org.uk/ –  discounts and job opportunities including 50% off some gym memberships 
• www.toogoodtogo.com/ – reduced food at the end of a day

Other useful websites

• www.moneysavingexpert.com/
• www.citizensadvice.org.uk/

What is the ‘extended offer’

Once you turn 21 years old we will talk to you about whether you feel you would still like a PA involved to support you. If you do not want a PA allocated to you we can move you into our 'extended offer'. This means that you won’t have the same number of visits from a PA but we will still want to hear how you are getting on so will be in touch yearly to find out how things are going for you. You can also get back in touch with us at any point until you are 21 years old (if you are a qualifier) or 25 years old if you are relevant or former relevant. If things change for you and you would like support again you can always contact us and we will look at how best we can support you.

When you first move to the extended offer your PA will be in touch with you once a month for 3 months to check how you are doing. 

After this we will stay in touch with you once a year usually around your birthday as we would love to hear how you are getting on. 

You can always make contact with us if you need any support or advice at any time until you are 25 years old and there is always a duty PA available in the office. 

You can either drop into the hub or contact us on:

• Telephone: 02382 545254
• Email: extended.offer@southampton.gov.uk

If you would still like some support when you turn 25 years old Step Forward offer support and a worker to support until you turn 26 years old. More information can be found on https://youthoptions.org.uk/.

Thank you

Some Southampton care leavers told us what they needed to make becoming an adult easier. Their feedback and involvement have shaped our local offer and we’d like to thank them all for taking part and giving us their views.

We will continue to listen to our care leavers views to make sure our services meet your needs, so we’d love to hear from you and any ideas you may have.

Useful references for further advice

Pathways Through Care Duty

If you need help or support and your PA is not available.

• Opening hours: During the week 9am-5pm
• Tel: 023 8254 5254

If it is at the weekend or evenings and you need emergency help ring our emergency duty team on: 023 8023 3344.

Children's commissioner - including support for care leavers

Website: www.childrenscommissioner.gov.uk/blog/29453/

Official Government Website for the UK

Website: http://www.directgov.co.uk/

National Care Advisory Service

Website: www.leavingcare.org/

The Prince’s Trust

The Prince’s Trust Development Award provides practical help - including financial support. It can also buy equipment for courses.

Website: www.princes-trust.org.uk/need_help/grants/development_awards.aspx

Office for the Children’s Rights Director for England

Website: www.rights4me.org

A National Voice

An organisation run by and for young people who are in or leaving care 

Website: www.anationalvoice.org/

Department of Education - Find support for care leavers

Useful website about finances, housing support, education, health and UASC support.

Website: www.support-for-care-leavers.education.gov.uk/en/home

Complaints procedure

We always try to give our best support and services. We welcome your feedback and use this information to learn and improve for the future.

If you have not been happy with the service you have been given there is a complaints process if your worries have not been dealt with through discussions with your PA or the team manager.

If you do want to make a formal complaint please fill in a form online and we will then look into the points you would like looked at and come back to you about the next steps.

This can be completed at www.southampton.gov.uk/complaints/.

Summary of key points

• We will support you until you as a Care Leaver until you are 21 years old or 25 years old depending on your care leaver status.
• If you need help or advice please contact your allocated PA or if they are not available contact the duty PA on 02382 545454.
• You will have your own Pathway Plan which will be completed with you to support identify what areas we will work with you to support you towards independence.
• We want to support you to success in education, training or employment. There is support and help available for this including financial support for clothes for job interviews, and support bursaries for university.
• It would be great to see you at some of our Care Leaver events. Your PA will send you invites about this. You are also welcome to come to the young People's hub at the Civic Centre, Southampton Monday -Friday 9am-5pm.
• We want you to be active, well and healthy. We will support you to engage in a sport or hobby. We will also invite support services like Mind, No Limits and Sexual Health to the hub and can help you to get in touch with them if you need further support.
• We want to help you to build your independence skills. We will be holding some workshops and sessions to build skills as well as PAs offering individual support. There is financial support for driving lessons, TV licence, Wifi available as outlined above.
• We want to support you to have suitable housing. We will help you to understand how to access housing advice and support with budgeting skills and advice. Your PA will also visit you at home to check you have the things that you need and setting up home grant is available to you.

Our promise to you

Pathways Through Care is Southampton’s Children in Care and Care Leavers Service and we:

•  Act as ‘a Corporate Parent’ to make sure care leavers are safe and supported until the age of 25 years old
• Give care leavers the skills and opportunities to succeed in life
• May not always be able to give you what you want but we’ll listen to and respect your views
• Will be there when things get tough as well as celebrate with you when things go well