Local Offer for Care Leavers

This is the guide that all local authorities are required to provide you with. It contains information about the services and support that Care Leavers are entitled to and able to access within their local authority.

We will update this information regularly as new services and entitlements are agreed.

Goal 4: Find and Keep a Place to Live

Your Social Worker or Personal Advisor will help you find a good place to live as you get ready to live on your own. Here are some ways we can help:

  • Accommodation Options: You can stay in supported accommodation if you’re not ready for your own place yet.
  • Foster Care: If you’re still with your foster family when you turn 18, you can stay with them up to your 21st birthday if everyone thinks it’s the best choice.
  • Long-Term Plans: By the time you turn 21, or earlier if you’re ready, we’ll look at your long-term housing needs and future plans. This will be part of your Pathway Plan.
  • Prevent Homelessness: We work with Enfield Housing to make sure no Care Leaver becomes homeless. Care Leavers up to age 25 are considered a priority for housing help.
  • Living Independently: Your Social Worker or Personal Advisor will help you get ready to live on your own and explain Enfield’s plan for Care Leavers to get their own place.
  • Skills for Living: We want to make sure you have the skills to live independently. Your Social Worker or Personal Advisor will show you tools and workshops to help you.
  • Managing a Tenancy: We will give you advice and practical help on managing a tenancy, like avoiding rent or Council Tax arrears.
  • Council Tax: We will tell you if you qualify for Enfield’s 100% Council Tax discount and help you apply online. If you’re 21 or younger, the local authority will cover the cost. Between 21 and 25, we’ll let you know if you qualify for any discount and will help you apply for it.
  • First Month’s Rent: When you move into your own place, we will pay for your first month’s rent to help you avoid arrears. We can also help with a deposit if your landlord asks for it.
  • Setting Up Home Allowance: You will get £3,000 to help you furnish and settle into your new home.
  • Floating Support: You can get extra help to make sure you have everything you need.
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Enfield’s own booklets
  • We have put together for you two different booklets (Transition to Adulthood and Housing Pathway booklet) to help you develop your own independent skills and start preparing for independent living in your own time.
  • Access: you can ask your Social Worker or Personal Advisor for a copy of these booklets or come and pick one up yourself from our Hub.
Enfield’s Keeping Close Project
  • Support: Offers support through monthly workshops in our Hub on tenancy management. They will also provide you with direct support when you first get your bidding details and when you finally move into your tenancy via Enfield Housing. 
  • Contact: you can book your space in one of their workshops through your Social Worker, Personal Advisor or Maxeen Messam, our Engagement and Participation Officer.
    T: 0208 132 2464/07356185102
    E: maxeen.messam@enfield.gov.uk
Enfield’s Antisocial Behaviour Team

You can report any person who is not from your household and causes or is likely to cause you harassment, alarm or distress.

  • Contact: you can contact the Team by emailing asbu@enfield.gov.uk or by calling 020 8379 4612 where you will be required to leave your name, address, telephone number and brief reason for your call. You can also report online via their website.
  • Website: Enfield’s Antisocial Behaviour Team
Enfield Care Leavers Service
  • If you are under the age of 21 we should always be your first point of contact in order to assess your needs and confirm the support, we can put in place for you. 
  • Accommodation support for young people 21 years old or over may be limited from our end and will be provided by alternative services like Enfield Housing Department.
Enfield Housing Department

Offers support for Qualifying Care Leavers or Care Leavers who are over the age of 21 in avoiding becoming homeless. The website also provides information on different topics like financial advice and budgeting.

  • Contact: If you need to make an appointment or be seen in an emergency, you can contact the Housing Advisory Service on 0203 821 1769 between 9am and 5pm Monday to Friday. It is very important that you call us if you are homeless today, need help with a housing problem, or are at risk of becoming homeless (or have been given notice by your landlord or court).
  • Website: Advice for people leaving care
Enfield community hubs

Offers support in making a claim for Council Tax Support and Council Tax hardship payment if you experience severe difficulties paying your Council Tax.

Always contact your Social Worker or Personal Advisor for advice if you start getting into Council Tax arrears or need help in applying for Council Tax support.

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