Sentences with phrase «young carers do»

I can honestly say that without the support I received from Young Carers I don't think I would ever have found the confidence to go back into school.

Appropriate intervention with young carers, in the widest sense, appears essential in order that today's young carers do not become tomorrow's users of services.

Not exact matches

Benefits: They will facilitate your organisation to meet your targets according to the ECM requirements They will help you engage with men, fathers and male carers in your setting Will give men and fathers ideas of different activities they can do with their children Highlights the key role men, fathers and male carers play in achieving better outcomes for children and young people: «Be Healthy», «Stay Safe», «Enjoy and Achieve», «Make a Positive Contribution» and «Achieve Economic Wellbeing»

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.

Evidence suggests services are less likely to «see» men as fathers, and that little is done to support young carers» relationships with their fathers — whether or not they live with them.

Views expressed are the views of the Young Carers Initiative and do not necessarily reflect those of the Alzheimer Society BHNHH, the LHIN or the Government of Ontario.

Russell Smith, creator of the service: «One of the big problems is that a lot of the time you'll get people who are probably very good at being a carer, doing the general day - to - day washing, dressing, that sort of thing but, being still reasonably young, I like to go to gigs and festivals and all that.»

The other side - effect of the Conception is that the city is now teeming with demons, which is a bit of a problem, although arguably less so since you're now also a demon, thanks to the intervention of a spooky small child and his elderly carer who admonishes you not to disappoint the young master by doing something daft like dying.

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.

It can be hard for schools to find out that you are a young carer if your family doesn't talk about it.

«I don't think teachers understand that stress and that just puts extra stress on a young carer.

More than a third (34 %) of teachers surveyed thought there were young carers at their school who were not sufficiently supported and almost a third (29 %) said they didn't think their school had any particular ways of supporting young carers.

A few younger kinship carers have already been affected by the limiting of child tax credit to two children since April 2017, because although Government agreed to exempt carers taking in kinship children from the restriction, this does not currently apply to those who are already raising two kinship children and then have their own baby.

Young carers sometimes don't get to go places and do things they want to, because of the way caring affects their lives.

produce an EHCP for all children and young people who are assessed as needing one (all relevant agencies should cooperate to do this and involve the children and young people and their parents and carers)

What's clear is that there's a desperate need for things to be done differently — our research shows that kinship carers need more support, and that young people who've grown up in kinship care are falling behind their peers in the general population.

He challenges the Government to do the right thing for these extraordinary young carers who have done the right thing by their younger siblings.

It is important for parents and carers to know what their young people are doing online, who they are talking to and what material and sites they are accessing.

Wherever possible, the young person should do this themselves, but a foster carer can make contact on their behalf in the first instance.

There are many things you can do, including helping to spread the word about the Day and running activities with children and young people, parents and carers and others in the community.