Care leavers left homeless as they are kicked out of supported accommodation
Nat Roberts' Tiktok
Care leavers in London have been left in limbo as social services phone up to say they need to leave their supported accommodation by the end of the month.
Young care leavers in London are being kicked out of their supported accommodation due to a lack of funding in the social care system as a result of council cuts.
Nat Roberts, a 19 year old from London went viral in her latest Tiktok post as she explains her social worker rang her in the middle of college and told her that she needed to leave her supported accommodation by the end of the month because social services couldn’t fund her placement anymore.
Nat Roberts has criticised the social care system for her experiences in her recent TikTok post.
How did social services respond?
When Roberts followed up to find out what social services are doing in finding her another place to live, they replied with “they’ll look”. This only caused more worry for Roberts as she states how long it had took social services to find her a place to live in the first place. Given the state of the London housing market Roberts worries she will be moved out of the county and have to dropout of her college in London.
Rachel de Souza, The Children’s Commissioner for England, who promotes and protects the rights of vulnerable children states ‘it is essential that young people who are leaving care get the stable and consistent support they need to have a smooth transition to adulthood so that turning eighteen doesn’t become a moment of fear’.
Not a singular case
Roberts is not the only one feeling the affects of social care cuts. Many people quickly flooded the comments sharing their own experiences. One user wrote, “I’m also homeless too, it’s awful they just don’t care”. Another user stated “once your eighteen they don’t give to flying f****”. Other users wrote, “I’ve been moved so much now I’m in after care, they have just s****** me over” and “the system is so broken”.
City News reached out to relevant London councils and social services but they have not responded.
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StandfirstCare leavers in London have been left in limbo as social services phone up to say they need to leave their supported accommodation by the end of the month.
Young care leavers in London are being kicked out of their supported accommodation due to a lack of funding in the social care system as a result of council cuts.
Nat Roberts, a 19 year old from London went viral in her latest Tiktok post as she explains her social worker rang her in the middle of college and told her that she needed to leave her supported accommodation by the end of the month because social services couldn’t fund her placement anymore.
Nat Roberts has criticised the social care system for her experiences in her recent TikTok post.
How did social services respond?
When Roberts followed up to find out what social services are doing in finding her another place to live, they replied with “they’ll look”. This only caused more worry for Roberts as she states how long it had took social services to find her a place to live in the first place. Given the state of the London housing market Roberts worries she will be moved out of the county and have to dropout of her college in London.
Rachel de Souza, The Children’s Commissioner for England, who promotes and protects the rights of vulnerable children states ‘it is essential that young people who are leaving care get the stable and consistent support they need to have a smooth transition to adulthood so that turning eighteen doesn’t become a moment of fear’.
Not a singular case
Roberts is not the only one feeling the affects of social care cuts. Many people quickly flooded the comments sharing their own experiences. One user wrote, “I’m also homeless too, it’s awful they just don’t care”. Another user stated “once your eighteen they don’t give to flying f****”. Other users wrote, “I’ve been moved so much now I’m in after care, they have just s****** me over” and “the system is so broken”.
City News reached out to relevant London councils and social services but they have not responded.
