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support you can expect from Sheffield City Council as you take your next steps to independence. We want you to continue to feel safe and supported and know where or who to go to for advice and help on this journey. Just because you are leaving care, or have already left care, we haven’t stopped…. We will continue to listen to your views to make sure the services we offer are what you need. Contact us Sheffield Leaving Care Service are based at Sharrow Community Forum and available Monday to Thursday 8:45am to 5:15pm and Friday 8:45am to 4:45pm. You can reach us via telephone on 0114 203 9060, via email at LeavingCareServiceContact@sheffield.gov.uk or via post or in person at Sheffield Leaving Care Service Sharrow Community Forum Old Junior School South View Road Sheffield, S7 1DB ‘The Care Leavers Offer will be regularly reviewed and updated’…
Sheffield City Council has the ambition that every child and young person in and leaving care achieves their full potential. We will work hard on your behalf to secure and promote opportunities that meet your needs. Your Personal Advisor can support you to apply for the range of services on offer including access to: 16 to 19 Study Programmes Traineeships Apprenticeships Community Learning (Adult Provision) English, Mathematics and Digital Skills Programmes Adult Education classes Pathways – employment programmes based in the community to support people on a journey into work Opportunities to gain work experience, and volunteering in a variety of roles As well as: Practical guidance, alongside financial support for young people wanting to attend university. Including support to pay your accommodation costs…
and activities in your area that are of interest to you Support you to attend Sheffield Children in Care Council or Sheffield Care Leavers Union. These are independent groups supporting the voice of Care Leavers in the city, you can contact your Personal Advisor for more information on these groups. Support or guidance to access an Independent Advocate who will support you to get your voice heard “My Personal Advisor had faith and belief in me and supported me through difficult times” You can contact us with feedback, good or bad, at: Leaving Care Service, Sharrow Community Forum, Old Junior School, South View Road, Sheffield, S7 1DB Email: LeavingCareServiceContact@sheffield.gov.uk Telephone: 0114 203 9060 There is always a duty worker available to talk to you on the above number 8:45am to 5:15pm Monday to Thursday and 8:45am to 4:45pm on Friday or in person at Sharrow…
services • Informal Educators • Trusted Adults We work with all City Council services and many partners including the voluntary, community and faith sectors, the NHS, South Yorkshire Police, South Yorkshire Fire Service and businesses to ensure young residents live in clean, vibrant, caring… Our vision will ensure Young Sheffielders can achieve their goals and ambitions and benefit from the future economic prosperity of the city. They will contribute to, and benefit from, supportive and dynamic neighbourhoods with access to a wide range of youth, leisure, cultural and recreational opportunities. Our work consists of youth work provisions such as Youth Clubs, Detached Youth Work, Groupwork, Holiday Activities and Partnership working. Youth workers are often the only professionals that young people will have contact with out of school. They have a presence in local…
Some families in Sheffield may access services provided by other nearby local authorities. Here are some links to other Local Offer websites. Click on the logos to open their websites. Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council Derby City Council Derbyshire County Council City of Doncaster Council Kirklees Council Leeds City Council North Lincolnshire Council Nottinghamshire County Council Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council Wakefield Council…
Links and documents Sheffield City Council must involve young people with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) in reviewing the Local Offer . They must also involve their parents and carers. Please tell us what you think about the Local Offer webpages by filling in a short questionnaire . You can e-mail us at localoffer@sheffield.gov.uk to get in touch. For example, you might want to tell us about groups or services for SEND that aren’t on the website. You might want to tell us if information is missing or if links don't work. You might want to tell us something good about the website. If you need specific advice or support, please contact Sheffield SENDIAS. SENDIAS stands for Special Educational Needs and Disability Information Advice and Support Service. You can contact them here. …
for your adult care needs, please contact Sheffield City Council’s First Contact Team on 0114 273 4908. Get support as a carer The Sheffield Carers Centre offers information, advice and support to any adult who is an unpaid carer of an adult or a child in Sheffield. They can also carry out Carer’s…Help with Caring for Children and Young Adults Help with caring Some people need practical support. This can be for both inside and outside the home. This support can be given by social care services. The local authority can carry out an assessment to decide if you or your family needs support from social care. Care services in Sheffield include respite care, short breaks, equipment and adaptations and specialist care. Request a social care assessment Contact the Sheffield Safeguarding Hub on 0114 273 4855 to request a social care assessment for your child or family. The Sheffield…
would like to work in whilst also studying, giving you a qualification at the end of your learning. Who provides this Local colleges, universities and private training providers. Some local authorities, including Sheffield City Council, also offer apprenticeships. For further information, go… support young people looking for an apprenticeship. They have a focus on Sheffield City Council apprenticeships. They support other employers with their apprenticeships. They run CDC Training which is an apprenticeship centre. This is wholly owned by Sheffield City Council. It provides apprenticeship training for a range of employers across Sheffield. It delivers all Sheffield City Council's apprenticeship programmes. For people from a SEND background, they will provide support to apply for any apprenticeship. They will give support and advice: about how to find an apprenticeship on how…
Careers Advice - Transition Guide Sheffield City Council Community Youth Services have an Information Advice and Guidance (IAG) Team . They give careers advice for young people. As part of this team, there are advisers who go to secondary special schools in Sheffield. They give careers advice for those young people who have an EHC plan from Year 9 to Year 14. The schools’ advisers go to: Bents Green Talbot Seven Hills Holgate Meadows Heritage Park Advisers have a set amount of time. They use this time to go to each school. They work with the school to agree when they come in to talk to pupils during the school year. The offer to schools can include: attendance and input of personal careers guidance at EHC Plan annual review meetings. This is from Year 9 through to Year 14 personal careers guidance interviews attendance at post-16/parents’ events group…