Young Carers Social Media Post
Please use the following text and image on your social channels to show your support for Young Carers and Young Adult Carers.
Are you under 25 and caring for a family member due to illness, mental health, physical or learning disability or drug/ alcohol addiction?
Or do you know someone who is?
👥 Young carers take on huge responsibilities every day — but you’re not alone.
Professional Curiosity Presentation & Briefing Paper
As part of our commitment to improve communication and relationships between voluntary and community sector and local authorities leading to more wholistic services and support for carer families we developed our Professional Curiosity information package.
This has been delivered to Middlesbrough Adult Social Care as part of their continued work to improve their offer for carers.
Free Items
A local care home has donated items to Middlesbrough Voluntary Development Agency (MVDA) to be redistributed to the local community. Some of the items may be of interest to local carers.
Files
Identifying and Supporting Unpaid Carers in England to Improve Integrated Care System Working
New guidance published by Carers Trust, Carers UK and the VCSE Health and Wellbeing Alliance that looks at identifying and supporting unpaid carers in England to improve integrated care system working.
Care Homes Brochure - Middlesbrough
This brochure has been produced by Middlesbrough Council. It aims to help you choose a Care Home either for yourself, a family member or someone you care for. It's been designed to make sure that, when you are looking for a Care Home, you have enough information to help you decide which one you would like to live in or recommend to someone you care for.
Posters: Carers affected by substance use of family or friends.
Please find below posters to promote our current survey to understand the experiences of Middlesbrough carers looking after a family member or friend with substance use issues.
Survey link- https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/VKKRD6S
We are completing this work on behalf of Middlesbrough Public Health to compile a report based on local carers experiences to inform and shape future commissioning of services.
South Tees Carers Forum Chair
New updated advertisement for the South Tees Carers Forum Chairperson role.
Files
Staying Steady and Independent with Dementia
Middlesbrough guide focussed on supporting people to stay steady and independent with dementia.
South Tees Hospital Carers Passport
The South Tees Hospital Trust recognises the value and expertise of unpaid carers and provide carers passports which you can obtain for the time the person you care for is in hospital.
The carers passport enables you to:
Guide for Dementia Carers
This guide has been created for carers across the South Tees area who are looking after a family member or friend who is living with dementia. The guide aims to provide you with useful information and contact details so you can easily connect to local support. You can download and print the guide by clicking on the document link below.
Caring and classes: the education gap for young carers (Carers Trust)
This report sets out the state of young carers’ educational attainment and opportunities in England in 2024. It proposes policy and practice solutions, as well as recommendations to improve recognition and identification of, and support for, young carers throughout their education.
Guide to Direct Payments and Pre-Paid Cards
Guide to direct payments and pre-paid cards from Redcar and Cleveland Adult Social Care.
Forgotten Report (Kinship, 2024)
Forgotten explores the support which children in kinship care receive – or don’t receive – to help them learn well at school and to manage their mental health and relationships. It shares insights from our 2023 annual survey of kinship carers to reveal how a complex, inadequate and often inaccessible landscape of support for kinship children around education, special educational or additional learning needs, mental health and family contact and relationships is resulting in significant challenges for kinship families across England and Wales.