Young Carers
Our Young Carer Lead is Mrs Evans.
What is a young carer?
Young carers are 18 years of age or younger and help to care for someone at home.
Young carers may regularly help a family member, adult or child who has any of the following:
- A long-term illness or health condition, such as epilepsy or diabetes.
- A physical disability, such as mobility issues or blindness.
- Someone who ‘has a diagnosis of’ is ‘currently experiencing’ or ‘is being treated for a mental health problem.
- A problem with drugs or alcohol.
On our Young Carer board in school. we have the following poster to help children identify if they could be a Young Carer:
As you can see from above, Young Carers may have to undertake some of the following jobs:
- Help someone move from place to place
- Help someone wash or go to the toilet
- Help someone get dressed
- Cook Meals
- Do the housework
- Get the food shopping
- Collect benefits and prescriptions
- Give someone their medication or pills
- Go with someone to the doctor or hospital
- Take responsibility for a brother or sister
- Translate or interpret for someone
- Manage their family’s budget
- Cheer someone up or help them when they are feeling down
How does Woodlands support young carers?
We have achieved the Young Carers Friendly Tick Award by:
- Having a named Ambassador, Mrs Evans
- Developing a Young Carers policy
- Discussing young carers in meetings
- Displaying information about young carers
- Raising awareness
We support our young carers by:
- Completing screeners to identify their caring role and well-being
- Creating a one-page profile for our young carers which identifies the support they would like
- Holding a monthly young carer session where we complete activities requested by the young carers
- Having support from our local charity – Great Yarmouth and Gorleston Young Carers
- Making referrals to our local charity for those that need some additional support
If you would like more information, please contact your class teacher or Mrs Evans via send@woodlandsprimaryacademy.org.uk
How can I get support for a young carer?
