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Case study 12
One looked after child, aged 16, had not known where he would be living at the time of our interview. He
assumed it would be at a bed and breakfast but had been told that he would find out 10 days before
release. Accommodation was noted in his training plan as an issue: he had been living with his sister
prior to custody but had broken his curfew arrangements so would not be able to live there again. His
mother and sister were attending his training planning meetings and he had been given free calls to his
sister to maintain contact. He had been on a fixed-term exclusion from mainstream schooling and had
an education statement for emotional and behavioural difficulties. He had been attending education in
custody and had wanted to continue this on release. He also wanted to work with his uncle, who was a
bricklayer, but there were no formal plans in place at the time of interview. The case supervisor reported
that he had been released homeless and with no ETE arranged. Follow-up information on where he was
living a month later was not provided.
Case study 13
One young person, aged 17, had no accommodation or ETE plans at the time of interview. He said
accommodation had been discussed at training planning meetings: his offence had been against his
mother so he was unable to live with her but independent living was discussed and he was happy with
that. The YOT case manager was the lead on arranging accommodation. The case supervisor noted
that, as the young person was serving a short sentence (four month DTO), accommodation plans would
not be finalised until his pre-release meeting. The young person was not sure what ETE he wanted to
do on release but was thinking about scaffolding. He had had to report as homeless on release and had
no ETE arranged. A month later the case supervisor reported that he was on a ‘business in the
community’ course. Information on where he was living was not provided.
Case study 14
One young person, aged 18, had been living with his mother prior to custody and, although it was
originally thought he would return there, this was not possible as his offence had been against her. The
young person wanted to live with his sister on release but this was unconfirmed at the time of interview
– it was dependent on the local authority approving it as one of his victims lived in the area. This was
confirmed at his pre-release meeting. While in custody he had been attending education and had
passed Catering NVQ Level 1 and Food Safety Level 2, which had been set as targets in his training
plan. Plans for his release were that he attend college to do Catering NVQ Level 2 and the YOT had
arranged a college interview for him. He hoped to have a career in catering in the army. A month after
release he was still living with his sister and attending the catering course.
Case study 15
One young person had been living with a foster carer prior to custody but had since turned 18 so was
unable to return there. He was entitled to leaving care services and his social worker had been visiting
to talk to him about accommodation. There was no accommodation arranged at the time of the
interview, but his social worker and YOT case manager were trying to arrange it. In custody he had
received one to one support for ADHD and had been studying computer music for which he had
achieved a Level 1 qualification. He wanted to continue studying music production on release but this
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