After College

Life After College

Care Leavers

University Prep

Private renting

Self Employed/Employee Rights

Workers Rights

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Holidays

Contracts

Pay

Flexible working

Sick pay

Contracts

Types of employment status

Your 'employment status' is your legal status at work. It affects what employment rights you're entitled to.There are 3 main types of employment status under employment law (Employment Rights Act 1996):

• worker

• employee

• self-employed

Employment Rights

Employment rights can change depending on your employment status What rights do you think employees have?

• worker

• employee

• self-employed

Pay

Check your payslip

Check things like:

• Whether you’ve been paid for the number of hours you’ve actually worked
• If you’ve been paid at the correct rate
• If you’ve been paid for overtime
• Whether you’ve been paid any sick pay, holiday pay or maternity pay that you were expecting
• If your employer has deducted any money that you weren’t expecting

Check if you're entitled to paid holidays

You’re entitled to paid holiday if you’re a worker. Workers include: employees apprentices zero-hours workers casual workers agency workers

Sick Pay

If you work (and aren’t self-employed), you’re legally entitled to get Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) as long as you: have started work with your employer are sick for 4 full days or more in a row (including non-working days) or you’ve been told to self-isolate because of coronavirus earn on average at least £120 per week (before tax) are not in one of the ineligible categories follow your employer’s rules for getting sick pay

Who isn’t entitled to Statutory Sick Pay

Flexible Working

Flexible working is the name given to any type of working pattern which is different from your existing one.

• What arrangements might this include?

Private Renting

Key info about renting

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Key points to think about before renting

Landlord

Upfront costs

Things to look for

Upfront costs

Its more than just the rent

Before you sign a tenancy agreement

You usually have to pay:Rent in advance A tenancy deposit

Things to look out for

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Furnished?

Who is responsible for what?

Can you fix this?

How's the heating & water?

Transport options?

How much is it going to cost?

The Landlord

Your landlord's safety responsibilities

Leaving Care

Advice for Care Leavers

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Leaving Care

What happens next

Your local council is responsible for ensuring you have a plan in place for when you leave foster care or local authority care. They will provide you with someone to help you with: Finding somewhere to live make sure you have enough money and get you ready for leaving your foster carer Set up a meeting to organise how and when things will happen – this is called a review meeting and the outcome will be your ‘pathway’ Please click on these links to very useful factsheets about leaving care, what your rights are and finding somewhere to live on the next page

Useful Fact Sheets

Please click on these links to very useful factsheets about leaving care, what your rights are and finding somewhere to live: Pathway factsheet: THE PATHWAY PLAN IS A REALLY IMPORTANT DOCUMENT WHICH SETS OUT WHAT YOU WANT TO DO, WHAT SUPPORT YOU NEED AND HOW THE COUNCIL WILL HELP YOU GET IT. https://becomecharity.org.uk/media/1414/factsheet3_pathway_plans_english.pdf Housing options: 5-factsheet_english-v3.pdf (becomecharity.org.uk) Get to know your rights: 6-factsheet_english-v2.pdf (becomecharity.org.uk)

Useful organisations

you may find these organisations websites useful when thinking about your future. The charity for children in care and young care leavers | Become (becomecharity.org.uk) Leaving foster or local authority care - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) Help and housing for care leavers - Shelter England Please also contact Victoria Powell at Wiltshire college if you need further support. Victoria.Powell@wiltshire.ac.uk

University Prep

What to do for when?

June

Reply to offers

July

Put in accommodation options

July

Apply for student finance

Early summer

Learn some basic meals

Summer

Get to know the area

Late Summer

Get Reading

September

Get Ready

September

Enjoy Freshers week

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Accepting an offer

Types of replyFirm acceptance – this is your first choice. If it's an unconditional offer, the place is yours! So that course provider will expect you as their student. Or if it's conditional, the place is yours if you meet the offer conditions. Insurance acceptance – the back-up choice to a conditional firm acceptance. If you're choosing an insurance, go for something with lower offer conditions – make sure it's somewhere you'd still be happy to go to though. That way, if your results are lower than expected, you might still meet the conditions at your insurance choice; then you'd have your place confirmed there. Remember, you'll only attend your insurance choice course if you don't meet the conditions of your firm choice, but you do meet the conditions of your insurance. You can't choose between your firm and insurance when you get your results, so make sure you're happy with which is your firm and which is your insurance before you reply. Decline – you'll need to decline any other offers you get. However, if you decide you don't want to accept any of the offers, you can decline them all and add more courses in our Extra service. Alternatively, you can see what courses still have vacancies later on in our Clearing service. You can only accept one firm choice and one insurance choice (if you choose to have one). You must decline all other offers.

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accommodation offers

Apply Online List in order of preference How much is the deposit for student accommodation? Just like with private accommodation, a deposit is usually required for university halls – which could be anywhere between £150 and £500 depending on the university.

Cost Different accommodation comes in a range of different shapes and sizes – and, accordingly, varying price ranges. In halls, for example, costs start from around £60 per week for a basic room a bus ride away from campus to as much as £150 per week for a self-contained studio flat within the student village.

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Apply for student finance

Full-time undergraduate 2022 to 2023 applications are expected to open from March 2022, for a loan to cover tuition fees (paid directly to the university) and maintenance costs (paid directly into your bank account at the start of term). This is available wherever you choose to study in the UK, and is repayable. You don’t need to have a confirmed offer of a place at uni to start the process.

Scholarships, bursaries, and grants – what’s the difference?

https://www.which.co.uk/money/university-and-student-finance/student-budget-calculator

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Over the summer

Learn to cook - if you can't already!

Consider setting a student budget

Make sure you’re organized

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Final Preps

Get packing!

University checklist: Important documents

University checklist: Electricals

University checklist: Stationery

University checklist: Kitchenware

University checklist: Bedroom

University checklist: Clothing

University checklist: Bathroom

University checklist: Healthcare