Devon’s Local Offer to Care Leavers

Please note that we are currently updating our Local Offer.

What is a local offer?

A local offer explains the support and services that you can expect to receive as a care experienced young adult from Devon County Council and other support agencies who are all a part of your corporate parenting partnership.

Our approach to our local offer

We know that turning 18 is a big milestone for everyone. You become an adult, and this can be an exciting but also a bit of a daunting time. Although you have turned 18, your corporate parent hasn’t changed! We are still committed to you. We know that the thought of leaving care can be a worry for lots of our care experienced young people. Although you are leaving our care, we are not leaving you. We will stay on your journey with you, and like any good parent we will work with you to help you to be safe, to build and maintain strong relationships that are positive and matter to you, and to achieve in life.

From at least the age of 16 we will work with you to understand your needs, hopes and aspirations for adulthood. This will help us work out a “pathway plan,” together, that will consider and plan for your future as a young adult. We want this plan to focus on what is needed so that you are confident when you start adulthood, that your well-being, aspirations, future housing needs, education or employment needs and relationships can be planned for. We want you to be able to feel settled in your community successfully, and we will work with you to be sure that you have the opportunities, services, and support that you need to plan and achieve the things that are important to you.

To be able to get all of the support set out in this offer, you must be a former relevant child/young person/care leaver. There is a definition of this in the Involve Me section of this site. Alternatively, you can head to the Coram Voice website for more information.