Why should you care about
sibling young carers?
More than 50 per cent of the hidden young carers in England are
sibling young carers.
Not exact matches
He explained: «As a
young carer, I take care of my
younger siblings and think of them before I think of myself.
Carrie ***, 20, has been caring for her mum and
younger siblings since she was six but didn't realise until she learnt about
young carers at school in Year 8, although she was carrying out caring responsibilities daily, including making dinner, bathing her mum and putting her to bed and helping her
siblings with their homework.
As many as two pupils in every classroom have a
sibling with special educational needs or disability and are at risk of becoming
young carers.
Educate your staff about the barriers to learning for
siblings and include this group in your policies on anti-bullying,
young carers, safeguarding and SEND.
Sibling carers are family and friends
carers who are bringing up
younger brothers and sisters.
He challenges the Government to do the right thing for these extraordinary
young carers who have done the right thing by their
younger siblings.
Figures vary but with approximately three quarters of the children and
young people in care being placed with foster
carers, we still need more foster
carers to look after specific groups of children such as teenagers, children from ethnic minority groups,
sibling groups and unaccompanied asylum seeking
young people.