Babble is run by Carers Trust and is an online community space
where young carers can chat, comment, share their experiences and access information and advice.
Vision: Our Vision... A community
where Young Carers and their families are supported and can reach their full potential.
Not exact matches
We hope this safe network will provide
young carers with a space
where they can feel comfortable sharing their views and stories with others in similar situations, but also a public platform through which they can get their voices heard by those who can make a difference to their lives.
Hidden shines a light on
young carers» often invisible lives,
where every day they face huge responsibilities and unimaginably difficult choices.
Beyond lack of opportunities for appropriate development are concerns about the active damage that can occur to
young carers or to
young people who are part of particular households
where someone requires care.
Young carers are children and young people aged up to 25 years who help care in families where someone has an illness, disability, a mental illness, alcohol or other drug pro
Young carers are children and
young people aged up to 25 years who help care in families where someone has an illness, disability, a mental illness, alcohol or other drug pro
young people aged up to 25 years who help care in families
where someone has an illness, disability, a mental illness, alcohol or other drug problem.
Young carers are aged up to 25 years and help care in families
where someone has an illness, a disability, a mental health issue or an alcohol or other drug problem.
The
Young carers website has information for school staff about how to identify a young carer in the classroom and where to receive assist
Young carers website has information for school staff about how to identify a
young carer in the classroom and where to receive assist
young carer in the classroom and
where to receive assistance.
Parents,
carers and school staff help children learn positive social skills by guiding them as
young children, being positive examples for children to follow, and providing opportunities for play
where children can practise their skills.
If an OFP customer is in receipt of half rate
Carer's Allowance payment, OFP will continue to be paid until the
youngest child reaches 16 years
where a
Carer's Allowance is also in payment.
To keep more Aboriginal children and
young people with their families or kin, we will also support Aboriginal
carers to consider guardianship
where restoration is not possible.
Where foster
carers work it is also important for this to be discussed during the assessment so that this can be considered at the point of matching a child or
young person with foster
carers.
If foster
carers are working then their working hours would need to be flexible, as you say Steve the needs of the child are paramount,
where foster
carers are working it is also really important to have a good support network that the children and
young people know who can be assessed as back up
carers should the need arise.
Among all of the Aboriginal children and
young people living in Western Australia, 35.3 per cent were found to be living in households
where a
carer or a
carer's parent (e.g. grandparent) was reported to have been forcibly separated from their natural family.