Aged 16-25 and help look after someone at home?
Can the person you look after manage without your help? If not, you may be a carer.
are you a young adult carer?
Many carers don’t realise that they are carers, they often think that they are just looking after family or a friend, it’s what they should do or is expected of them.
If you are not sure whether you are a carer ask yourself:
- Do I do extra jobs because the person I live with is having difficulty doing them?
- Do I worry about this person when I’m away and feel responsible when they need support?
- If this person is having a bad day due to care needs, do I stay home to be with them?
How we support young adult carers
- Days out, clubs
- Emergency planning
- One to one and group support work
- Wellbeing sessions
- Advice, information and support
- Training
- Regular newsletters, bulletins and a carer card
- Peer mentoring
- Ask anything else about caring, if we can’t help we can help find out who can
faq's
Will social services be involved?
Our service is funded by Solihull council. As a service provider of the council, minimal information is shared with children’s services to identify you, and other information when necessary, to enable Solihull Council to ensure their records of young carers are kept up to date and to help them identify services or benefits you may be entitled to or interested in. They may also be required to share this information during Ofsted inspections. As Solihull council have a legal duty to provide young carers assessments, we also share your assessments and support plans with them.
We may also need to share your information for the prevention and detection of fraud and/or other crimes or as the law requires. For further information about how Solihull Council will use your information refer to the Council’s Privacy Statement on http://www.solihull.gov.uk
Can you help me with my education or work?
We have helped a number of young adult carers in education. This includes liaising with education providers to implement support for carers. We have also been able to access funding to purchase IT equipment used for education. We also run some training sessions to help you get employed including CV workshops and interview techniques.
Will I be able to go to all of the activities?
Not all of them, we support a lot of carers, and we never have enough places for everyone.
We make our selections based on a carer’s need for a break from caring first. After that, we look at when was the last time you attended a trip.
You can register your interest in everything, if there is no space you will be put on the waiting list. If anyone drops out, you may be called last minute to see if you want to attend.
I don’t want to do anything; I don’t know anyone
Meeting other carers that know what you are going through helps reduce isolation.
We always do a quick icebreaker for people to get to know one another a bit better. There are also staff, peer mentors and befrienders that can help you. You do not have to do anything you don’t want to, it is entirely up to you. This is the same for any activity we have, if you change your mind that is OK.
Some young carers only have a carers card and feel that they don’t need the support we offer but use the card for discounted or free places for activities.
young adult carers stories
It is critical for young adult carers to be identified early so they can get the right support at the right time. Young adult carers in Solihull tell their story of what it means to them to be a carer and how they have been supported. If you’re a carer and would like to share your story, please contact us by clicking here
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