From Care2WorkCreating Opportunities

Raising Aspirations

Barry Cullen

Employability Projects Manager

Why From Care2Work?

From 2009 to Now

Local Authority Support

Helped to map employability support & services to care leavers Developed work-plans to improve where necessary the employability

offer to care leavers Helped leaving care services engage with national and local

employers Provided training in-house to social care staff now responsible for

employability support Identified areas where local authorities could offer opportunities to

care leavers as good corporate parents e.g. Apprenticeships/Work Experience

Highlighted and disseminated good practice from across England

Good Practice Examples

Exceeded target of 100 employers engaged through the programme

Ensured that there was a broad range of employers across different sectors in order to meet the needs of care leavers

Developed a flexible model which understood that employers and young people aren’t 1 size fits all

Tried to create opportunities that were aspirational and inspirational

We have encouraged care leavers to think “I Can Do This”

Engaging Employers

23 Hotels in England support From Care2Work Over 300 opportunities have been created for care leavers Commitment to supporting the programme matches their “Spirit to Serve” in

communities Increasing numbers of care leavers now employed as Marriott Associates 5 Hotels in Germany involved in the Willkommen programme 11 care leavers learnt German, gained work experience in England before

travelling out to Germany for work experience in Marriott Hotels 6 of the participants now employed by Marriott in England

Marriott Hotels – Home & Abroad

Premier League football clubs supporting care leavers Tottenham Hotspur Foundation’s E18HTEEN programme Arsenal in the Community’s Care Leavers Employability

Programme Chelsea FC supporting young people in Essex! Stoke City developing a programme to work with Stoke care

leavers London’s top 3 clubs now partners to Catch22 NCAS,

Goals2Work Programme funded by Comic Relief’s Sport for Change

Goals2Work will support 60 care leavers from London & Essex with football, employability and life skills training.

Premier Partnerships

Demonstrate Commitment Creating Opportunities Providing strong Support Ensuring effective Monitoring http://leavingcare.org/?page_ID=100019

Quality Mark

Employers Handbook & Awareness Session

Career Planning Workbook

A Young Person’s Guide to Employment

Benefits Guide for young people & professionals

Employer Engagement & Work Experience Toolkits

http://leavingcare.org/what_we_do/ncas_projects/from_carework_project/resources_fcw

http://leavingcare.org/what_we_do/ncas_projects/from_carework_project/resources_fcw

Toolkit & Resources

The Future???

Delivering From Care2Work across England to 2015

Catch22 AEI will ensure local opportunities for care leavers and a clear focus on apprenticeships

Working with LEPs and Chambers of Commerce to ensure strategic support and links to SMEs

Willkommen, Goals2Work, Children’s Home Project projects grown out of From Care2Work which make a real difference to care leavers

Barry Cullen

Employability Projects Manager

Barry.Cullen@catch-22.org.uk

Website - www.leavingcare.org

Twitter - @NCAS_uk

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