Young carer resources

Here are resources for professionals working with young carers.

Supporting young carers and their families: supportive practice guidance for those who work directly with young carers and their families.

Factsheets to go alongside this as are as follows:

Involving young carers - how to involve young carers in all that you do
Young Carers: information for healthcare professionals - help to identify a situation where there might be young carers
Young Carers affected by HIV - helping young carers who look after a relative with HIV

Young Carers and school - the impact of caring and attending school and details of our Young Carers in Schools award
Young Carers in families affected by parental mental illness - helping young carers who look after parents with a mental illness
Young Carers of black and minority ethnic families - helping young carers from BAME families
Young Carers of parents who misuse substances - helping young carers who look after a relative who misuse substances
Young Carers well-being - looking after a young carers health and wellbeing

Research publications

In 2017 we were awarded funding from NHS England to look at the needs of children undertaking caring responsibilities in Armed Forces Families.

Running from October 2016 to March 2017 the project looked at the specific needs of young carers from Armed Forces Families.

The main aims were:

To inform future military welfare and external agency professional development
To improve recognition and support for these young people
To produce an information resource specifically for young carers in Armed Forces Families

The project engaged with young carers from Armed Forces families and consulted with a range of relevant personnel to inform this project, including: