Good practice for transitional support 

Llamau are commissioned to provide a Young Persons Advisor Service to young people leaving care aged 18-25 years.

Service Outputs:  

• Young Person’s Advisor (YPA) allocated to each young person ahead of 16th birthday ideally when the young person is 15 ¾ years old 
• Liaise with young person and social worker upon referral to implement young person’s pathway plan 
• Carry out a joint transition visit with social worker and co –work for a period towards handover at agreed point 

Co-produce a Pathway Plan and review with the young person. 

Service Outputs:  

• Co-ordination and engagement for young people to access services 
• To maintain regular contact with the young person supporting them in accessing opportunities that improve well-being and resilience their wellbeing 
• Record visits and progress of young person’s developments in line with their pathway plan 
• Share information with significant others, with permission of young persons (subject to the Duty to Report to safeguard vulnerable people) 
• Complete case closure information and outcomes achieved ay point of independence (aged 21)  

In partnership with Young people and Children’s services, Llamau conduct a programme of Information and advice workshops supporting areas of the pathway plan for young people in care aged 16 to 18 years of age.  

Service Outputs:  

• Work with community provision and provider to establish a menu of available workshops and sources of support  that are suitable for young people who are preparing for leaving care 
• Provide 1:1 support for those who cannot access workshops 
• Co-ordinate a programme of information and advice workshops, which all meet the domains of the pathway plan for young people 
• Facilitate the session, with workshop providers at an accessible venue within Merthyr Tydfil, for young people to access 
• Communicate and share programme of information and advice workshops, with social worker teams, on a regular basis via team meetings 
• Liaise with social worker teams to support them to target effectively for young people to attend the workshops 
• Monitor take up of workshops and evaluate their effectiveness through young people feedback 
• Offer individual work for those young people who do not access the workshops  

To provide Supported Lodgings Placements that are appropriate for young people aged 16 plus  

Service Outputs:

• Support the existing supported lodgings provider in order to maintain placement and ensure risk assessed appropriately 
• Complete monthly supervision visits and record on supported lodgings placements on WCCIS 
• Carryout an annual review of all supported lodging providers to ensure an appropriate standard of provision is provided 
• Contribute to the local authority register of supported lodging providers 

To contribute to management information and support to the permanence team for future planning of service provision  

Service Outputs:  

• Attend social services strategic planning events and team meetings 
• Develop and maintain the information website for care leavers  
• Provide performance management information as required by Welsh government 
• Attend quarterly performance review meetings, providing results based account on outcomes achieved 
• Represent leaving care team  at the National Care Leavers Forum and on wider partnership agendas such as health, education, housing