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Useful Contact Information

 

 

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

 

 

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.