Getting a carer’s assessment

If you provide care or support to a person aged 18 or over, you can receive a carer’s assessment. This gives you an opportunity to discuss the support you might need to help with your caring role. The assessment looks at how caring affects your life; physically, emotionally and practically, and whether you are able or willing to continue caring.

A carer’s assessment is not about assessing how well you are carrying out your caring role; it is solely about supporting you as a carer and the impact on that this caring role has on you. It is completely separate from the support needs of the young person, whether or not their needs have been assessed, and whether or not they receive any formal support.

If someone else also provides unpaid care for the young person, each of you is entitled to an assessment. You do not have to live with the young person to be entitled to a carer’s assessment.

If the young person has an allocated social care worker, you can ask them to refer you for a carer’s assessment. You can ask for an assessment by contacting Adult Social CarePoint for a chat.