Guidelines for Professionals / Agencies / Parents

GUIDELINES FOR PROFESSIONALS / AGENCIES / PARENTS

These guidelines are intended for any parent, professional or agency wishing to make a referral to Lewisham Young Carers Service on behalf of a child or young person within a caring role. Please read these guidelines carefully before completing the attached referral forms.

Who can you make a referral for?

Any Young Carer between the ages of 5 and 18 can be referred to our services that are residents or their cared for is someone who lives within the borough of Lewisham:

· Providing care or support for someone with a physical disability, long term illness, mental ill health or substance misuse.

· Is affected by the condition of their cared for.

Service availability

We will prioritise the service to young carers with the highest need as a result of the significant impact of the caring role and level of caring responsibilities.

The level of priority for each Young Carers may fluctuant throughout the lifetime of their involvement in the service due to sudden changes in their caring situation.

How to make a referral?

Please complete all the pages of our referral form and send to:

Carers Lewisham

Waldram Place, Forest Hill

London, SE23 2LB

Tel: 0208 699 8686 | Fax: 0208 699 0634

Email:

What happens now?

On receipt of the referral we will look at the information you have given us and prioritise the need for assessment. The outcome will be either:

1. Young carer does not meet the criteria for a young carer and no assessment will take place.

2. Young carer is allocated to a member of the young carers team for a home visit.

3. Further information is needed from the referrer before processing any further.

Referrers will be informed of the outcome via telephone or email within 4 weeks. If you have not heard from us please contact us on 0208 699 8686.

Assessment Process

If allocated for assessment, a young carers support officer will make contact with the family to arrange a home visit to gain better understanding about the young carer’s family’s situation and decide on what support services they will be offered.

If you have any questions throughout the referral or assessment process, please do not hesitate to contact us.

REFERRAL TO CARERS LEWISHAM
For Young Carers
Name of referrer: / Date of referral:
Organisation/Agency/Other:
Address (if different from below):

Tel:

Email:

Do you have parent’s permission to refer? (Please circle) Yes No

YOUNG CARER DETAILS

Full Name / D.O.B / Gender / Ethnicity / School/College / Disability or SEN? If yes, which condition(s)?
1.
2.
3.
4.
Family Address: / Home Telephone:
Mobile:

Please describe their caring responsibilities: i.e. type of caring role and how this impacts on the young person’s life?

What support do you think the young carer(s) needs:

HOME AND FAMILY STRUCTURE

Name of parent(s), guardian or family members / Parental responsbility (Y/N) / Relationship to Young Carer(s) / Telephone number(s) / Parent’s 1st language (Y/N) / Interpreter required (Y/N)
1.
2.
3.

CARED FOR DETAILS

Name: / DOB:
Address (if different from above):
Main disability/illness:
Physical Disbility ☐ Learning Disability ☐ Substance Misuse ☐ Mental Health ☐
Is this person taking prescribed medication? Yes ☐ No ☐
How does the disability/illness affect them?
Relationship to Young Carer:

MAIN TYPE OF CARING ROLE

Personal Care:
(lifting, washing, dressing, assisting with mobility, toileting, administering medication) / ☐

Household Tasks:

(cooking, cleaning, responsible for laundry, shopping) / ☐

Emotional Care:

(listening to, comforting, encouraging or providing company for the cared for person)

/ ☐

Sibling Care:

(supervision of a sibling with care needs, taking them to school, managing behaviour) / ☐

Other:

(collecting benefits, dealing with bills, interpreting or signing for cared for person)

/ ☐
MACA YC-18 form completed: Yes ☐ No ☐ (please note: this questionnaire provides information that is used to help us look at the extent of caring currently undertaken by the young person). See page 4.

ANY OTHER PROFESSIONALS/AGENCIES INVOLVED (STATUTORY OR VOLUNTARY)

Name of Agency:

Named contact person or worker:

Is there a CAF for this family?

Yes ☐ No ☐ don’t know ☐

Any risk factors we should consider before arranging a home visit?

Yes ☐ No ☐

If so, please explain:

Return form to: Lewisham Carers Centre, Waldram Place, SE23 2LB | TEL: 020 8699 8686

FAX: 020 8699 0634 | Email:

MACA-YC18

Below are some jobs that young carers do to help. Think about the help you have provided over the last month. Please read each one and put a tick in the box to show how often you have done each of the job s in the last month. Thank you.

Never / Some of the time / A lot of the time
1 / Clean your own bedroom
2 / Clean other rooms
3 / Wash up dishes or put dishes in a dishwasher
4 / Decorate rooms
5 / Take responsibility for shopping for food
6 / Help with lifting or carrying heavy things
7 / Help with financial matters such as dealing with bills, banking money, collecting benefits
8 / Work part time to bring money in
9 / Interpret, sign or use another communication system for the person you care for
10 / Help the person you care for to dress or undress
11 / Help the person you care for to have a wash
12 / Help the person you care for to have a bath or shower
13 / Keep the person you care for company e.g. sitting with them,
reading to them, talking to them
14 / Keep an eye on the person you care for to make sure they are alright
15 / Take the person you care for out e.g. for a walk or to see friends
or relatives
16 / Take brothers or sisters to school
17 / Look after brothers or sisters whilst another adult is near by
18 / Look after brothers or sisters on your own

Developed for The Princess Royal Trust for Carersby Young Carers International Research and Evaluation,

School of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD.

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