Social care assessments

If you are a parent caring for you child or young person who has disabilities, additional needs or a long-term health condition (including mental health difficulties), you can have a Parent Carer Needs Assessment. This will look at what support might help make your life easier.

The assessment will focus on your physical, mental and emotional wellbeing. You might be looking for practical help or someone to talk to. You may have money concerns, need help with education issues, be looking to make friendships with other parents or you're not sure who to contact. It may be that you have a quick question you want to ask or need time to talk to someone about what's happening.

Carers Matter Norfolk, Young Carers & Families are the first point of contact for you to get advice and support. You can ask them about having an assessment and one of their team of support workers will help you explore this.

You will be able to have one to one support with a support worker to help you unpick what's working well, not working so well and possible changes that can be made to help. The assessment will look at things like your wellbeing, whether you can do things away from being a carer and other worries you may have. It is not an assessment of your abilities as a parent carer.

As part of the support provided you may want to access a group. Carers Matter Norfolk, Young Carers & Families can support you to come to either one of their groups or to a group provided by another organisation.

To learn more about the service and ask for an assessment please visit the Carers Matter Norfolk website.

If you are already being supported by Children's Services or have been recently, you will need to contact your child's named worker to request an assessment.