Step one
Complete a Young carers baseline Review to help capture current practices within your school.
Step two
Implement the changes and develop your provision in the Step by Step Guide as reflected in the Award Pack.
Please contact your Local young carer services to support you with local engagement and development.
Step three
Utilise the young carers award checklist in the Award Pack to gather your evidence.
The guide to evidencing the Bronze award details all the essential and desirable evidence that is required to achieve a Young Carers in Schools award, in a ‘checklist’ format that allows you to keep track of the evidence that you have gathered.
Step four
Submit your evidence and checklist.
Even if you are confident in your provision for young carers, we ask that all schools begin by applying for Bronze in the first instance.
Before submitting your evidence please remember to:
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Complete the front coversheet of the award checklist to ensure we have up to date and correct contact details for the school and lead
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Include the award checklist with an application, with all the check boxes completed for the evidence submitted
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Mark each piece of evidence be it photograph, email, letter, screenshot etc. with the standard and level that it relates to (e.g. when submitting a picture of the pupil noticeboard name it ‘S2, Bronze: Pupil Noticeboard’)
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Be mindful of GDPR and ensure that young people’s confidentiality is protected at all times.
When submitting your evidence, please ensure that young people cannot be identified - for example by removing or blacking out surnames on a list, or if submitting a case study as part of your application, referring to the young person(s) by their initial(s). We would also ask that you consider the ways in which your school circulates the names of its young carers.
Applications are only accepted in electronic formats.
You can email your application and evidence to our YCiS team - please make sure to include the school name and level of application in the subject.
Deadlines for submission are the last day of every term and half term
Reviewing applications and feedback:
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Within 7 days — we will confirm receipt of your application.
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Within 4-6 weeks of the submission deadline — applications will be reviewed by two independent verifiers and an internal multi-agency panel is held to discuss each application.
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Within 2 weeks of the panel — schools will be contacted with the outcome of their application.
