A carer’s assessment can be done to find out how your life is being affected by caring for someone and where you may need support from the council if you are found to be eligible.
A carer’s assessment covers:
- What type of care and support you provide
- How the care you provide affects your health and wellbeing
- How you feel about caring and how it affects your life options
- The impact that caring for someone has on areas of your life such as your aspirations, your work, leisure and recreational activity and your other relationships.
You don’t need the permission of the person you care for to ask for an assessment.
To get an assessment contact the Carers' Support Service.
The carer’s assessment process involves the following steps:
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The carer contacts the council by phone, email or in person (see contact details above) to request an assessment
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A social care worker explains the assessment process. At this point you can choose your preferred method of assessment
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The assessment is carried out by a social care worker who will then make a decision about whether you are eligible
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You will then be notified of whether you are eligible. The social care worker will provide any advice and direct you to the support you need
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If you are eligible you will need to complete a support plan to find out how best you can be supported and achieve any goals that were identified by the assessment
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Roughly 8 weeks after the support plan was agreed it is reviewed to see if you are happy with how it is going and the plan can be amended if needed. Then once a year after that the support plan is reviewed again.
What happens after the carer's assessment?
After you've completed the carer's assessment we will get in touch with you to discuss your circumstances as described in the information you have given to us and agree your assessment with you.
The information you have supplied will then be used by us to decide if you are eligible for support.
If you have not heard from us within 28 days please contact your social care worker or the carers support service by the methods below.
The person I care for doesn't get help from the council
You can still have a carer's assessment and they will not need to be assessed.
Will my finances be assessed?
A carer's assessment does not include a financial assessment, however you might be asked how caring is affecting your finances to help decide what support you may need.
You can choose to have a joint assessment with the person you care for or you can choose to be assessed separately.
Request a carer's assessment
You can request a carer’s assessment the following ways:
Email
Email: ERcarers@eastriding.gov.uk
Online
Connect to support - East Riding (external website)
(When you reach the Connect to support homepage, scroll down and click the 'Carers supported questionnaire' link).
Phone
Contact customer services - telephone: (01482) 393939.
Contact carers support service - telephone: (01482) 396500 / 0800 917 6844.
Face to face
Visit our carers centre at 18 Wednesday Market, Beverley.
Ways to complete a carer's assessment
Carers assessments can be completed in the following ways:
Online
Connect to support - East Riding (external website)
(When you reach the Connect to support homepage, scroll down and click the 'Carers supported questionnaire' link).
Self assessment
By request, telephone carers support on (01482) 396500.
Face to face
Visit the carers centre at 18 Wednesday Market, Beverley (telephone to make an appointment) or request a home visit.
Telephone
Contact customer services - telephone: (01482) 393939.
Contact carers support service - telephone: (01482) 396500 / 0800 917 6844.
How a carer’s assessment can help
If you’re found to be eligible for support you may:
- be given useful information, guidance and advice
- be shown where you can access support services in the community
- get practical support, like arranging for someone to take over your caring duties so that you can take a short break
- qualify for a direct payment to help you carry out your caring responsibility.