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Use this whole-school approach audit tool to identify areas of good practice and identify areas for improvement. The action plan will provide you with guidance and resources for every area to ensure you achieve a measurable impact. If you require any support, please call 0333 313 7165 to get in touch with one of our advisers. This phone line is open on weekdays, from 9am to 5pm.

If your query relates to training, please email sendandinclusiontraining@norfolk.gov.uk

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Use this guidance to ensure leaders and school governors know everything they need to know about (insert themed event).

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Try these 'quick wins' before thinking about anything else to get you started and see the difference you could make…

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Use these quick curriculum activities to engage pupils with (insert themed event).

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Use this guidance, information and resources to develop a whole school approach to embedding (insert themed event) throughout your school ethos and environment.

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Signpost families to the links and resources below for further support.

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See best practice ideas and resources from other schools across Norfolk!

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Achieving the Carer Friendly Tick Award for your school or setting means that you can embed a whole school / setting approach to recognising, championing and supporting young carers with the aim of reducing stigma, increasing identification and addressing needs in a holistic way. If you would like to find out more, please follow this link or contact Caring Together at carerfriendlytick@caringtogether.org.

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If you work in education then it is important you are able to recognise the pupils and students that you have who are carers and young adults carers.

Being a carer can be a demanding role, and it may not be one they feel readily able to speak about at first. It can have an impact on their ability to concentrate, complete work or take part in wider activities due to the demands on their time and energy.

But you can see below some of the resources available to you including relating to young carers now being part of the school census, resources for activities and awareness raising in your school and how the Carer Friendly Tick Award can recognise your work to identify and support carers.

Free resources for you to use

We have resources available for use by you in your setting. These can help people realise they are a carer, and know how to get the support they need. If you would like to request free resources such as posters and leaflets giving information on our support for carers, please click here

Carer Friendly Tick Award

Our Carer Friendly Tick Award recognises organisations who work to identify and support carers.

There is a category specific to education - whether you are a school, college or university we can work with you to help you achieve the award. Click here to view more about the Carer Friendly Tick Awards.

See Belinda explain more about the Carer Friendly Tick Award - Education.

Other resources and support for you

Information on specific projects can be found below.

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If you work in education then it is important you are able to recognise the pupils and students that you have who are carers and young adults carers. Being a carer can be a demanding role, and it may not be one they feel readily able to speak about at first.

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Display this poster in your school!

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Identify a member of staff who can become your Young Carers Champion – they will lead on building awareness of, and support for, young and young adult carers.

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Deliver an awareness raising session with CYP. Depending on the age and stage of your CYP, choose from these resources (watch the videos before sharing with CYP to ensure they are appropriate):

EYFS / KS1 / LKS2 - Caring Together animated film

LKS2 / UKS2 - Young Carers Matter video: ‘We Are Young Carers’.

KS3 upwards - NHS England -  Out of the Woods

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Checklist of support that families may need

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Checklist of support that families may need

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Carers Trust provide a survey to assess staff understanding and confidence here (Step 2 – Tool 6) and further CPD here.

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How-to-guide

This step, taken from Supporting Young Carers in Schools: A Step-by-step Guide for Leaders, Teachers and Non-teaching Staff, supports schools to review their current provision for young carers.

Whether your school has been developing systems to identify and support young carers over many years, or is developing or just starting to develop its provision for young carers, a key next step to using this Step-by-step Guide is carrying out a baseline review. By reviewing your school's current provision for young carers, you will identify strengths, weaknesses and priorities, and agree actions to be taken forward.

Key points

Step 2: Reviewing your School's Provision for Young Carers provides introductory information about:

The key members of staff to involve in this review

The tools available to support schools to review its provision for young carers

How to achieve best practice when reviewing provision

This step is taken from Supporting Young Carers in Schools: A Step-by-step Guide for Leaders, Teachers and Non-Teaching Staff. The steps from this guide are designed to be used in order.

Tools

The following tools have been developed with school staff to support you to review your provision:

Step 2, Tool 1: Baseline Review template

Step 2, Tool 2: A template proforma for making recommendations to school leaders

Step 2, Tool 3: How to gather young carers' views about your schools provision

Step 2, Tool 4: Gathering attendance, attainment and progress data -primary schools

Step 2. Tool 5: Gathering, attendance, attainment and progress data-secondary schools

Step 2, Tool 6: Survey to assess levels of school staff understanding and confidence in meeting young carers' needs step

What to do next

Once you have secured the commitment of your school leaders, go to Step 3: Securing commitment of school leaders.

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Young Carers in Schools. Step 2: Reviewing your School's Provision for Young Carers

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This step, taken from Supporting Young Carers in Schools: A Step-by-step Guide for Leaders, Teachers and Non-teaching Staff, supports schools to review their current provision for young carers.

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Carers Trust is a major charity for, with and about carers.

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There is a Young Carers Support App to download which gives young carers in Norfolk information and advice, self-help resources, wellbeing tips and activities, plus a catalogue of support services – all in one place.

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Young Carers App

We know young carers need the right support around them so they can care for their loved ones whilst looking after of their own physical and mental health, and helping them meet some of the unique challenges they face. That's why we are pleased to promote the Young Carers App.

The Young Carers Support App enables young and young adult carers in the UK to find information and advice, self-help resources, wellbeing tips and activities, plus a catalogue of support services - all in one place.

A number of young carer organisations worked with Expert Self Care Ltd, to launch the Young Carers Support app which is free and available for any young carer, or professional working with young carers to download on both Android and iOS:

There is also a range of local information about support available for young carers in Norfolk.

The app offers clear and easily accessible advice and is a comprehensive resource for young carers and professionals working with young carers and young people.

The app carries the Patient Information Forum 'PIF Tick', the only UK quality mark for trustworthy health information.

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Online Advice For The Young Carers App | Carers Matter Norfolk

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We are pleased to promote the Young Carers App, young carers need support so they can care for their loved ones also caring for their own physical and mental health

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Am I a young carer?

You are a young carer if you are under 18 and are looking after someone regularly because they're physically or mentally ill, disabled or have an addiction. You might be caring for your mum, dad or grandparent or you might be helping your parents care for a brother or sister who is unwell, has a disability or special needs.

Some people start giving care at a very young age and don't really realise they're carers. Other young people become carers overnight when someone in their family has an accident, or another carer becomes unavailable.

Young carers might help someone with:

washing, dressing or taking medicines

shopping, cleaning and laundry

paying bills and organising finances

watching over someone if they can't be left alone

All of these count as being a young carer. If this sounds like you and you would like some help or advice, get in touch, or by calling 0800 083 1148. Our telephone lines are open 9am-5pm Monday to Friday and calls are free.

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What Is A Young Carer? Advice For Young Carers | Carers Matter

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You're a young carer if you are under 18 & are looking after someone regularly because they're physically or mentally ill, disabled or have an addiction. Learn more.

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Provides anonymous and personalised emotional and mental health support for children and young people aged between 11 and 24.

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Kooth is your online mental wellbeing community. Access free, safe and anonymous

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Support for young carers and siblings of disabled people

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Specialist Drug and Alcohol Service for children, young people and their families across Norfolk. Offers support for children and young people affected by someone else's substance misuse. ​

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Unity is a specialist Drug and Alcohol Service for children, young people and their families across Norfolk.

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Online advice for parents.

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This service aims supports young carers, the person they are caring for and other family members in an innovative ‘whole family’ approach.

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Voluntary Norfolk is lead partner in the Young Carers & Family Support Service for carers in Norfolk under the age of 19 who may be looking after, or helping to look after a parent, grandparent or sibling.

The service aims to support the young carer themselves, the person they are caring for and other family members in an innovative 'whole family' approach, which offers

tailored support for the young carer and their family, around issues such as managing school, transition assessments, local activities and groups, benefits and entitlements and signposting to local services

mentoring for young carers with a targeted 3-6 month support programme

positive activities

practical skills and knowledge to help on topics such mental and emotional wellbeing, nutrition & diet, caring basics and first aid.

The service is funded by Norfolk County Council Children's Services and delivered by the Carers Matter Norfolk partnership (Voluntary Norfolk, Family Carers Net, Norfolk & Suffolk Care Support and Carers Voice Norfolk & Waveney) together with youth organisations and young carer groups from across Norfolk

Visit the dedicated website for young carers or follow us on Instagram.

We use cookies on our website to give you the most relevant experience by remembering your preferences and repeat visits. By clicking "Accept All", you consent to the use of ALL the cookies. However, you may visit "Cookie Settings" to provide a controlled consent.

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Young Carers & Families Support Service | Voluntary Norfolk

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We support young carers who are looking after a parent, grandparent or sibling who is suffering from mental or physical ill health, disability or addiction.

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Schools have a statutory duty to deliver Relationships, Sex and Health Education. There are many areas which relate directly to young carers’ experiences as well as areas which all CYP should be aware of.

Teaching about families requires sensitive and well-judged teaching based on knowledge of CYP and their circumstances…Care needs to be taken to ensure that there is no stigmatisation of CYP based on their home circumstances and needs, to reflect sensitively that some CYP may have a different structure of support around them.

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Young Carers in Schools resources can be used to proactively raise the awareness of young carers and includes assembly activities, lesson activities and an exemplar newsletter article.

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In schools looking to develop their provision for young carers further, the Young Carers School Operational Lead should: Ensure pupil noticeboards and/or the school website also contains information signposting young carers to other resources, for example, details of the local young carers service, school nurse and emotional support delivered within and/or outside of school.

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Caring Together have produced an animated film for CYP aged 4–8. This has been designed to raise awareness of young carers and can be used in assemblies or circle time. It is supported by a resource pack for schools (EYSF and Key Stage 1) to help CYP understand who young carers are and to encourage them to be more open about talking to someone if they have worries.

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Thank you for your interest in Caring Together's young carers resource pack and animation for early years foundation stage and key stage 1.

Our booklet and animation are resources for teaching staff to help raise awareness of young carers, the challenges they face and how the right type of support can make a big difference to them.

Simply complete the sign up form on the right of this page* to receive a FREE copy of Caring Together's young carers resource pack for schools. *The form will be at the bottom of this page if you are using a mobile device.

You can view the animation on YouTube by clicking here or below.

Finding out more

We provide advice and information, campaign for carers' rights and run services in our local communities across Cambridgeshire, Peterborough and Norfolk.

For young carers and their families

For schools and other organisations

If you are outside of the Cambridgeshire, Peterborough and Norfolk area please contact Carers Trust. Carers Trust will be able to help you, including telling you more about local support available to you.

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Infant carers - resource pack and animation for schools - Caring Together

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Caring Together's young carers resource pack raises awareness of young carers, the challenges they face and how the right type of support can make a big difference to them. The resource is for Early Years Foundation Stage and Key Stage 1.

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Video for young 8–18 year olds, written by young carers themselves, entitled We Are Young Carers.

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We Are Young Carers Video

Some young carers simply aren't aware they're young carers. Please view our video below, containing the voices of young carers, summarising what it means to be a young carer, as well as the support, help and guidance available.

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Meet Our Young Carers | Support and Advice | Carers Matter

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We explain who young carers are and what support and advice is available to them, with our video created by young carers themselves. Find further support here.

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This video from the NHS titled ‘Out of the Woods’ is intended to raise awareness of the challenges and issues faced by young carers. It would be appropriate to share with secondary school aged CYP.

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Consider signing up to Young Carers Alliance to access up to date resources and information. Contact youngcarersalliance@carers.orgto join the mailing list.

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Caring Together run free training for schools or settings and awareness-raising sessions for staff and CYP. The training can be planned in a way which fits best with the school or setting’s needs, the hour-long session can be delivered virtually or face to face. For more information please contact Carerfriendlytick@caringtogether.org.

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The Anti-Bullying Alliance provides free online CPD and guidance on protecting young carers from bullying.

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Mentally Healthy Schools training resources

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Mentally Healthy Schools training resources

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Mentally Healthy schools with Anna Freud have produced online training resources to help with improving the identification and support of young carers

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These resources are designed to train a wide range of professionals and volunteers to identify and support young carers.

These training modules will help professionals to understand young carers, and how an offer of support can be made to them and their families.

The training is split into six different modules. Staff can complete the entire training course, or pick and choose different modules to complete.

Topics covered as part of the training include:

the challenges young carers may face

How to identify who may be a young carer

How to start a conversation with a child or young person about their young carer responsibilities

Understanding safeguarding and confidentiality issues

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The truth about self-harm for young people and their friends and families

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Training resources to help with improving the identification and support of young carers : Mentally Healthy Schools

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These resources are designed to train a wide range of professionals and volunteers to identify and support young carers.

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There are several videos available online that are valuable in raising staff awareness including ‘My Name’s Lottie’, ‘The Children’s Society – Day in the life of a young carer’ and 'Pie - A story for young carers'

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Have a Young Carers Policy in place – so that all young and young adult carers know what help is available to them