Young Carers

Useful Documents

Below are links to useful documents which focus in on Young Carers. If you know of any other documents that may be useful in this area of Carersnet please click here to send an e mail to us.

Support For young Carers an Inter-Agency Strategy For Surrey 2004 - 2006 (consultation document) This draft has been developed based on discussion at an inter-agency workshop on 6^th November 2003. This was attended by 90 people from Health, Social Care, Education and carers’ organisations. It is circulated for comment and responses are needed by 26 January 2004. A second draft will be circulated in March with a draft Action Plan indicating how all the agencies involved plan to respond.

Surrey Young Carers Schools Project (Information For Teachers) - The document provides information to teaching staff about Surrey Young Carers and The Surrey Young Carers Schools Project. The document also highlights some of the issues which some young carers face at school

Surrey Young Carers Schools Project (information For Parents) - The document provides information for parents about Surrey Young Carers and The Surrey Young Carers Schools Project.

Surrey Children's Services Strategy - The strategy is a recently agreed policy for involving children, young people, their parents and carers. This now means that children and young people will be involved in deciding how services are provided.

Young Carers Resource Pack For Schools - The pack contains materials for Key Stages 2 and 3. The materials are designed as a half term (6 weeks) module of lessons to be integrated into schools’ existing Personal, Social and Health Education (PSHE) programmes. In addition to the lesson materials the pack contains background information for teachers and suggestions for supporting known young carers within school and through other agencies – a list of suggested contacts is included for this purpose. Should schools wish to extend the work beyond the lesson plans given in the pack, the appendices contain some suggestions for work in Key Stages 1 and 4. There is also an appendix relating to special schools.

Young Carers And Education - A report by Loughborough University that draws on existing research on the subject of children under 16 with caring responsibilities. The report concludes that taking on the caring role can be a major barrier to a child's education. You may download a Summery or full report
 

Raising Awareness Of Young Carers Issues with The Connexions Service - This is a training session which has been developed in Surrey in response to joint work undertaken by Surrey Young Carers Project. The need to better inform those working with young people at their transition stage from school to further education or employment about the needs of Young Carers are highlighted by their own experiences and that identified by a number of researchers and others working with Young Carers. Available are handouts, a Powerpoint Presentation Slides and teaching notes.

Statistical Profiles of Young Carers - A report on the first two Young Carers Research Group’s (CCFR) quantitative surveys of young carers

Young Carers Projects - What do CCFR Evaluation Reports tell us about dedicated Projects for Young Carers?

Children Caring for Parents With Severe and Enduring Mental Illnesses. Findings of a two year study by the Young Carers Research Group (in partnership with Rethink, formerly National Schizophrenia Fellowship) which looks at the experiences and needs of children who care for parents with mental illness, their caring and filial relationships and the nature of professional interventions in these families.

Loughborough University Research Group Publication List A list of publication you may purchase from Loughborough University.

Other Publications - A list of publications resulting to Young Carers you may purchase. This list come complete with ISBN numbers for ease with ordering.

Articles About Young Carers From Loughborough University -  Many interesting documents are highlighted here.

Making It Work -  Good practice with Young Carers and their families

On Small Shoulders - learning from experiences of former Young Carers

Couldn't Care More - A study of Young Carers needs