Sentences with phrase «identify young carers»

Teachers and other professionals working with children have a legal duty to identify young carers and refer them to the local authority to be assessed for support.

As part of the research published today (Wednesday, December 6), a YouGov poll * found that 40 per cent of teachers were not confident they would be able to identify a young carer in their class.

There are 166,363 identified young carers under 18 (110,073 of them under 16), but we believe the figure to be significantly higher.

The Young carers website has information for school staff about how to identify a young carer in the classroom and where to receive assistance.

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Nobody knows for sure how many young carers are looking after their fathers — but we know that some young carers won't be identified as such, because services in touch with their dads don't «see» their fatherhood and as a result won't think about, or offer any support to, their children.

Despite recent changes to legislation which have led to more young carers being identified, there are still children with caring responsibilities slipping under the radar.

Identify immediately when the undesirable communication is occurring, in the moment that it is occurring, so that both the young person and the Foster Carer know exactly what is being discussed.

The 2011 census identifies over 200,000 young carers in the UK, but research by the BBC in 2010 indicates that there are as many as 700,000 young carers living in the UK.

work with children and young people, their parents and carers, and service providers to make sure that any special needs or disabilities (or both) are identified as early as possible

We work with different groups of professionals and with parents, carers, children and young people to identify the practices that best support disabled children and young people and those with special educational needs to learn, make good progress and secure the best possible educational outcomes.

We talked with children and young people, parents and carers to identify their needs and come up with solutions that give them better contact experiences.