Leaving care (Local Offer for Care Leavers)
Overview
If you are leaving care in South Tyneside, we will give you support until you are 25.
These pages tell you about the support and services you are entitled to.
This is known as our Local Offer for Care Leavers.
You can also read the , which has help and advice for young people leaving care in South Tyneside.
We want to support you, so that you have opportunities both now and in the future.
How to access the help available
We will provide you with a personal adviser shortly after your 16th birthday.
They will support you to make sure you have access to the different levels of support at a time that is right for you.
View .
Drop-in sessions
We hold fortnightly drop-in session at the MarketPlace, offering specialist housing advice for emergency housing and longer-term plans for adulthood.
[googlemap location="MarketPlace, South Shields NE33 1JF, UK" expand title="MarketPlace"]
Improving our local offer for care leavers
We promise to develop and improve our offer to you, and we want your help to decide what to include.
Tell us what you think - this is your Local Offer and we want it to include the things that are most important to you.
To get involved and have your say, contact Mark Benson on mark.benson@southtyneside.gov.uk or 0191 424 7757.