Young Carers under 18 are entitled to a Young Carer Needs Assessment (whether you do lots of caring or not very much caring).

At the assessment, the Wellbeing and Young Carer worker will ask questions to help them build a picture of how your caring role is part of your life.

Afterwards the council must give a written report to you and your parent(s)/carers that says:

• What you talked about
• What will happen next
• Whether the council thinks you, the person you care for, or someone in your family should get help/support
• What help the council will give
• What help other services might be able to give

When we do the Young Carer Needs Assessment, we have to think about what your support needs are as a Young Carer.

At the same time, we have to think about supporting other people in your family. This is called a “whole family approach”. It is designed to build up a proper understanding of how different people in the family affect and support each other.

The Wellbeing and Young Carer worker will explore whether your caring responsibilities are having an impact upon your education, social opportunities and or physical/emotional wellbeing, If this is the case, we will look at how we can reduce any identified impact.

Our overall aim is to reduce excessive / inappropriate levels of caring activity and to support the impact of caring.

We frequently work closely with schools, colleges and other support services to meet the needs of Young Carers.

Anyone can make a referral to the Wellbeing and Young Carer Team. This includes schools, social care and health services.

We also accept self-referrals.

Our referral forms are available to download below:

Young Carers Referral Form [PDF, 41Kb]

Young Carers Referral Form Guidance [PDF, 41Kb]

The completed referral form must be signed by both child and person with parental responsibility.

Please email your completed form to youngcarers@northlincs.gov.uk or post to Young Carers Support Service, Church Square House, 30-40 High Street, Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, DN15 6NL

Our Wellbeing and Young Carers leaflets have lots of useful information:

• Young Carers leaflet-Children and Young People edition [PDF, 957Kb]
• Young Carers leaflet-Parents edition [PDF, 269Kb]
• Young Carers leaflet-Professionals edition [PDF, 180Kb]

Carers’ Trust – Know your rights

There are different rights for young carers and young adult carers for them to get support depending on their age. In this Know your rights guide you can find out about what rights you have and how to get more support.

The first part of this guide tells you about what an assessment is, and the different kinds of assessments the law says you can have, depending
on your age.

The second part tells you about how the assessment works, and what happens after the assessment.