Care Leaver Covenant

Sign the ‘Employer Charter’

Become a signatory of the Covenant by signing up to the Charter below.

Become a care leaver friendly employer

One of our 5 programme outcomes is to enhance EET attainment for care leavers.

We created the Care Leaver Friendly Employer Charter to give organisations a set of behaviours to work towards to support care leavers to thrive in their workplace.

Complete the form below to declare yourselves a Care Leaver Friendly Employer.

 

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Care Leaver Friendly Employer Charter

Care Leaver Covenant Charter

    Care Leaver Friendly Employer Charter

    As a care leaver friendly employer*, we commit to work towards the ‘RTD’ principles below.


    *For Recruitment and Consultancy firms, if you are acting as an Ambassador to the Covenant, you will be encouraging your clients/peers to adopt the below principles in addition to committing your own organisation.

    Recruitment (R)

    • Work with the Covenant team to promote appropriate opportunities to the care leaver community through targeted means (including but not limited to the Covenant app, website, social accounts).

    • Create a Special Point of Contact at our organisation who care leavers can contact – for guidance - before, during and after their application process (when applying for a job).

    • Offer a guaranteed interview (and constructive feedback) to applicants who identify as care experienced and meet minimum criteria for the role.

    Tracking (T)

    • Create a ‘tick box’, or similar mechanic, within application forms or ATS in order to track progress of care leaver applicants or;

    • Manually record applicants from the care leaver community (when they declare) to track progress of care leaver applicants.

    • Encourage recruitment vendors/partners to also adopt these tracking principles and share care leaver applicant progress with us.

    Development (D)

    • Assign a workplace buddy for our care leaver employees to provide informal support and guidance and help in navigating the organization.

    • Create and communicate clear boundaries and high expectations for our care leaver employees to ensure their time with us is a growing and challenging one.

    • Approach our care leaver employees’ professional challenges with compassion and empathy, recognizing that there may be a high level of disruption in their personal lives.

    By signing below, we declare ourselves a Care Leaver Friendly Employer and - once we start promoting opportunities - a signatory of the Care Leaver Covenant. We are happy to be recognised as such on Care Leaver Covenant platforms.

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    Note, the Care Leaver Covenant will not publish any of your details – regarding employment vacancies or otherwise – before you have shared the relevant information.