Have you had a Carer’s Assessment?
Date: Sunday, May 13th 2012
Categories: All Leicestershire
A Carer's Assessment is an opportunity for you to tell a social worker what impact caring has on you - with a view to making sure you have enough help and support with your caring role.
Adults who are providing substantial amounts of care on a regular basis for a person aged 18 or over have a right to a Carer’s Assessment.
A Carer’s Assessment is NOT about testing your ability to care. It’s a way of identifying how caring impacts on your life.
It helps to determine what support might be available to help you.
A Carer’s Assessment can be carried out even when the person cared for refuses help or an assessment for themselves.
You can do a self assessment (Impact of Caring Form) outlining the support you think might be helpful for you in your caring role and to make your life easier.
You can either fill in the online Impact of Caring Form or print the form off and send it by post.
Alternatively, contact Social Care Services to arrange for a member of staff to work with you to do an assessment.
For Adult Social Care, the Customer Service Centre is the first point of contact for most enquiries:
Call: 0116 305 0004
If you are a parent caring for a disabled child, your needs as a carer will be assessed as part of a family assessment. You have the right to a family needs assessment under the Children’s Act 1989. You do not have to be the mother or father of the child.
Some things you may want to think about are:
• Do you get enough sleep?
• Is your health affected in any way?
• Are you able to get out and about?
• Do you get time for yourself?
• Are your other relationships affected?
• Do you want information about benefits?
• Are you worried you may have to give up work?
• Is the person you care for getting enough help?
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