Llamau are commissioned to provide a Young Persons Advisor Service to young people leaving care aged 18-25 years.
Service Outputs:
Co-produce a Pathway Plan and review with the young person.
Service Outputs:
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:
To provide Supported Lodgings Placements that are appropriate for young people aged 16 plus
Service Outputs:
To contribute to management information and support to the permanence team for future planning of service provision
Service Outputs:
Conwy Social Services and local partners have worked hard to support young people as they transition from child to adult services at 18. Planning begins once the child turns 15, with social services and partners working together to consider the ongoing and long-term needs of those young people. Work is done to ensure appropriate services will be available once that young person turns 18. All young people are offered the chance to meet with adult social services and their social worker to ensure that any safeguarding issues are picked up and managed in a timely way. Care leavers are also offered a social worker in their own right should they have any specific needs such as, for example, court proceedings or substance abuse. If young people have been identified as at risk of or being exploited, personal advisers are invited to exploitation forums to ensure they are aware of needs and vulnerabilities. This also ensures that if exploitation continues to be an issue once the young person turns 18 that they will receive appropriate safeguarding support.
There is a recognition in Conwy that there is a need to better engage with hard-to-reach children and young adults. Social services is working with Bangor University on a research project to look at non-engagement and how services can be better engaging care experienced young people transitioning to adulthood. It is hoped the research will enable the development of a toolkit.
