Care Leavers Accommodation Philip Segurola Director Specialist Childrens

Care Leavers Accommodation Philip Segurola, Director Specialist Children’s Services Naintara Khosla, Assistant Director Corporate Parenting

Key Issues ◦ Homeless Protocol – Care Admissions of 16 & 17 Year Olds ◦ Supported Accommodation Options ◦ Priority Nomination and Access to Social Housing ◦ Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children (UASC) ◦ Housing Benefit Levels ◦ Deposits and Guarantees ◦ Children Placed Out of County (Medway)

Care Leaver Numbers March 2014 March 2015 March 2016 19 -01 -2017 Asylum Seeker 392 372 483 702 Citizen 578 594 636 Total 970 1077 1338 Status

Care Leavers by District Ashford Canterbury Dartford Dover Gravesham Maidstone Sevenoaks Shepway Swale Thanet Tonbridge & Malling Tunbridge Wells OLA (inc. Medway) Confidential Address Not Known Missing person Total Citizen Asylum Seeker Total 36 32 68 59 117 176 20 12 32 41 13 54 23 80 103 45 29 74 11 3 14 49 37 86 64 17 81 105 11 116 17 - 17 17 17 34 107 236 343 17 3 20 21 15 36 4 80 84 636 702 1338

UASC Specific Issues ◦ ◦ ◦ Immigration Status – Leave to Remain Access to Benefits Access to Employment Length of Residency and Connection to District Citizenship and Community Integration

Discussion Points ◦ Impact and Outcomes of Homeless Protocol for 16 &17 Year Olds ◦ Roles and Responsibilities for Youth Homelessness ◦ Care Leavers and Supported Accommodation Options ◦ Realistic Approach to Social Housing Nomination ◦ Equity of Access for UASC and Impact of Numbers ◦ Private Rented Sector Options and Obstacles