HOPE Education
HOPE Education is dedicated to improving the educational attainment of young people
in care with the aim of ensuring that all Looked after Children are provided with the
support to reach their full cognitive potential.
HOPE education co-ordinates personal education plans
for looked after children to provide linked support in
partnership with schools and social workers. HOPE
Education and QUB have partnered to deliver a
bespoke literacy programme to young people in care
which has successfully improved literacy skills and
nurtured a love of reading.
HOPE Learning and Development
HOPE Learning and Development works with young care leavers aged 15 - 21 years giving
them the tools to move into and sustain their ETE goals by providing support and development
opportunities, encouraging them to meet their full potential in life.
As a direct result of this engagement and pre-employment support we have seen an increase in
applications for employment opportunities such as the apprenticeship and internship programmes.
This year, 1 young person will be commencing employment as an Intern within the HOPE team
and another has applied for a Childcare Apprenticeship with HOPE Works.
HOPE Works
Our employability service provides many of our young people with access to long term,
sustainable employment through the completion of our apprenticeship programme. In the year
2019/2020 we had 16 young people who commenced apprenticeship programmes in various
directorates within the Trust.
All of the young people who completed our apprenticeship programmes have moved into
employment, either within the Trust or with external organisations.
HOPE Co-Production
The HOPE Team employs 3 co-production interns
who provide advice from a service user perspective to
various projects within children's services, informing
improvement projects within the service.
In 2019/2020 our previous interns won the Social
Work Award and the PHA Chairman's Award for this
co-production model. 2 previous interns have moved
to social work training and one is employed in the
Trust's Patient Experience Management Team.
136 Goal 5: Integrating the Care - Social Care