Useful Contact Information
Care Leavers 18+ Service Offices
North and West Kent
Worrall House, 30 Kings Hill Avenue, West Malling, Kent, ME19 4AE
Phone: 03000 421124
South and East Kent
Thistley Hill, Melbourne Avenue, Dover, CT16 2JH
Phone: 03000 410701
Ready Homes officers: Contact details can be found on your home’s notice board.
Duty Team Telephone (09:00-17:00 Monday-Friday): 03000 412 124
Front Door Service Telephone (out of hours): 03000 419 191
We run a number of drop ins across Kent, some are on a weekly basis others on monthly basis, this is an opportunity for you to meet with Personal Advisors in the community along with a number of our specialist Personal Advisors, to get advice and support around housing, benefits, mental health, education, training and employment or to just meet up and socialise with friends.
Weekly:
Tuesday 16:00-18:00 Gillingham 14:00-16:00 Canterbury
Wednesday 15:00-17:00 Gravesend
Friday 14:00-16:00 Margate
First Monday of the month 13:00-15:00 Ashford
Wednesday 14:00-16:00 Dover
Friday 16:00-18:00 Maidstone 15:00-17:00 Folkestone
Adult Social Care teams and Young People’s Teams
Email: social.services@kent.gov.uk
For those aged 18 and over: call 03000 416161
For those aged 16-17: call 03000 411111
Virtual School Kent
For information about the Young Adult Council, Activity Days, sitting on Interview Panels or other ways to participate:
Email: VSK_Participation@kent.gov.uk
Phone: 03000 419163
Training Providers in Kent and Apprenticeships
- www.kentprospectus.co.uk
- www.kentprospectus.co.uk/information/students/become-an-apprentice
- www.kent.gov.uk/education-and-children/college-sixth-form-employment-and-training
- www.kent.gov.uk/leisure-and-community/volunteering
The Care Leaver Covenant
The Care Leaver Covenant App has been created to show you useful offers provided by organisations, charities and businesses across the UK. These could include work experience placements, work shadowing, mentoring, discounts and much more! They are exclusive to Care Leavers, and are intended to help you start your career, stay healthy and make new friends.
Go to www.mycovenant.org.uk to find out more.
Other Useful Links
- Benefits: www.gov.uk/browse/benefits/entitlement
- Solicitor: www.lawsociety.org.uk/find-a-solicitor
- Care Leavers Association: www.careleavers.com
- National Leaving Care Advisor Service: www.leavingcare.org
- Refugee Council: www.refugeecouncil.org.uk
- Shelter: www.shelter.org.uk
- Become: www.becomecharity.org.uk
- Coram Voice: www.coramvoice.org.uk