Young carers Home page Which one of them is the young carer? To main website here
1 Young carers from other pages How young do they start? here Is five the right age to start as a carer? It's official here. That was from 1e here. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ There are about 175,000 young carers in the UK who provide care or support to a family member who is disabled, physically or mentally ill, or has a substance misuse problem. source More than 166,000 children across the country are young carers, forced to grow up early and miss out on the same opportunities as other children because they care for family members who are disabled or chronically ill, or for adults who are misusing alcohol or drugs. source See also 6 below re statistics. | Links on this website How does a young carer come into the system? here The page links to the question under the graphic. See No. 1 on the left. Other links Positive steps your school can take to identify and support young carers - page 8 here Listen to omissions from the Care and Support Bill here - May 2013. Young carers are being bullied. 16 – 30 years:Caring Alone Support Service - Nathan's Storyunder 16: Action with Young Carers Project FAQs Young Adult Carers: develop your campaigning voice with Time to be Heard here. Useful-looking carer linkwww.carers.gov.uk here but it doesn't work. Other material may be of use. youngcarers.net here Young Carer stories here and £ here Barnardo's here. NHS here Young Carers here Lewis here Children in Wales here. Crossroads Care South East Wales here. Carer rights Home page here The children failed by social services here more
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2 Local authority responsibility
The local authority has a responsibility to make sure a young carer’s own wellbeing is looked after and that they receive the necessary support. So, a 16- or 17-year-old who cares for someone, even for a limited period, may be entitled to an assessment.
How does a four-year old carer receive an assessment?
3 A definition
Young carers are children and young people who look after someone in their family who has an illness, a disability, or is affected by mental ill-health or substance misuse. here
4 Young carers’ general health
Providing unpaid care may have an adverse affect on young carers’ general health here.
5 Rise in number of unpaid carers
and young carers here.
6 Young carers and young adult carers
6a 13,000 of the UK’s young carers care for over 50 hours a week.
6b Following a survey in 2010, the BBC estimated that there are 700,000 young carers in the UK.
6c Young adult carers aged between 16 and 18 years are twice as likely not to be in education, employment,
6d In total there are 290,369 carers in the UK who are aged 16–24.
Jodie's Story Jodie is a 14 year old young carer who looks after her brother Rocky who is 8. Rocky suffers from a very rare genetic condition called Peters Plus Syndrome.
Kiki's Story The day starts early for 12-year-old Kikelomo Famuyawa. She gets up first, has her bath then runs another one for her two-year-old sister Victoria who suffers from hydrocephalus (water on the brain) and has severe learning difficulties.
Grant's Story Sometimes it all gets too much for Grant, 13, when he’s sitting in school trying to concentrate but can’t stop worrying about what's going on at home.
Jordan's Story He knows he can’t cheer me up fully inside, but he can put a smile on my face for ten minutes once a day
Aewyn's Story I’ve grown up more understanding, tolerant and caring
The “schoolification” of early years education is leaving under-fives without enough time to play, those who care for children have warned.
Almost half of all childminders, nannies and nursery workers believe young children need more play, a survey by the Professional Association of Childcare and Early Years (Pacey) has found. The association is concerned that government proposals to focus on higher-level qualifications for nursery workers and childminders will only make the situation worse.
