Personal Adviser Service for Care Leavers

Concepts

• service for care leavers
• social work
• ruthin
• care leavers
• welfare services
• personal adviser service
• comprehensive personal adviser service
• care
• children of care leavers
• community and personal services

Location

Ruthin

Description

To provide a comprehensive personal adviser service for young people aged 16 up to 25 who either still looked after or who are leaving care to: 1) Act as mentors to young people who are living in and leaving care; 2) Provide support, assistance and training to the young people referred ensuring they are well equipped to undertake successful transition to adulthood; 3) Prepare young people to successfully leave care and lead safe, healthy and fulfilling lives where they can live independently, maintain positive relations with peers, adults and the local community and make a positive contribution to society; 4) Ensure young people are engaged in learning, training or employment; 5) Build resilience so that young people can effectively deal with future change; 6) Break the cycle of poorer outcomes for children in care resulting in poorer outcomes for care leavers as adults and for the children of care leavers to have poorer outcomes and/or become children in care themselves; The contract is for 3 years with the option to extend for 1 additional year.

Total Quantity or Scope

6) Break the cycle of poorer outcomes for children in care resulting in poorer outcomes for care leavers as adults and for the children of care leavers to have poorer outcomes and/or become children in care themselves.

Award Detail

CPV Codes

• 85300000 - Social work and related services
• 85311300 - Welfare services for children and young people
• 98000000 - Other community, social and personal services

Indicators

Other Information

(WA Ref:107783)