Young Carers Information for Professionals

Find support and make referrals for young people who could be carers

What makes someone a Young Carer?

Anyone who is under 18 and looks after someone who is ill, disabled or uses drugs or alcohol, is a young carer. This often involves doing tasks that would normally be done by an adult, such as:

● cooking meals
● going shopping
● making sure a loved one takes their medicine
● emotional support

When To Refer a Young Carer

Everyone, including professionals in the community like you can help identify people who will benefit from support services such as ours. It’s important to refer any young person with a caring role to sources of support, whatever their caring responsibilities are, whether a small caring role or those helping someone with a higher level of need.

If you meet a young person who might be a carer, please let us know about them using our referral form. or tell them about our service and encourage them or their parent or guardian to get in touch with us, so we can share information about our activities for young carers and other support we offer.

How To Refer a Young Carer

To tell us about a young person who might be a carer, complete this referral form.

Please note that if the young carer is age 16+ then we will need their explicit consent for them to be registered with us, as well as their parent / guardians. If they are under 16 we will need their parent / guardian’s consent.

You can email the form, password protected, to young.carers@carersinherts.org.uk.

Or you can post it to:

Carers in Hertfordshire
The Red House
119 Fore Street
Hertford
SG14 1AX