MY SHINE - GET SUPPORT

If you’re care experienced or a care leaver and want to take control of your future, then Shine is here to help.

You will be offered...

- One to one support for as long as you need it around your priorities
- Peer support and group work around what matters to you
- Mentoring around the plans you have for your future
- Support with thoughts and feelings as well as skills like cooking
- Opportunities to do what you want to do not just what you need to do

We will listen to you, try to understand you, and agree and work on your priorities.

We want to support you and work with you on your strengths as well as your challenges and realities.

We will offer you lots of different opportunities to explore your possibilities and plan for your future. We will help you if things go wrong.

Shine Referrals and Contacts

If you would like to refer yourself or someone else to the Shine programme, here are all the forms and contact details you need. Please don't hesitate to get in contact if you have any queries.

Self-referral

If you think you would like to join the Shine programme, you can fill in the self-referral form on Microsoft Forms by clicking the button below or download it in Word format if you would prefer to email it.

Online self-referral form

Download self-referral form

Professional referral

If you are professional and you are working with a young person who is living in Birmingham or Solihull who is aged 16-25 who is:

A care leaver
Care experienced or
NEET and at risk of homelessness
You can make a referral now using the professional referral form below.

Professional self-referral form

Care Leaver Covenant

SJMT was thrilled to become a signatory of the Care Leaver Covenant in February 2021. The Covenant is a National scheme funded by the Department for Education which enables organisations to make a commitment to provide additional support to young people leaving care; making available a different type of support and expertise from that statutorily provided by local authorities.

The Covenant believes that organisations are able to draw on their resourcefulness and imagination of their staff and their working environment, offering new perspectives and professional expertise that can aid care leavers in moving forward successfully to the next phase of their lives.

As of March 2021, our offer is to promote apprenticeships and work experience placements to care leavers. SJMT is experienced and well placed to do this type of support.

For more information or to enquire about an apprenticeship or work experience placement, please contact us using the details below.

For more information please feel free to contact us by email: shine@sjmt.org.uk, phone or WhatsApp: 07442 372 033

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