Support if you care or look after someone

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Help and support for carers 

If someone relies on you for support regularly or is going to rely on you, then you have the right to an assessment of your needs. This is called a Carers Assessment.

Depending on your situation, you could access services to support you as a carer, and services may also be provided or arranged for the person you care for, with their consent, to help you in your caring role.

You can have a Carers Assessment by contacting the Carers Hub provided by TuVida. We pay TuVida to do this on our behalf because it’s important to us that you can get the support you need. Or if you prefer, you can contact us directly.

Support for you as a carer

TuVida provide a Carers Hub to offer timely, personalised, joined up information and support for carers in Nottingham, to make it easier for you to find help when you need it. 

TuVida offers:

  • Information, advice and guidance
  • Carer Assessments to identify and understand your needs
  • Carers groups and drop ins
  • Access to Carers Respite breaks
  • Carers’ ID cards and help with planning for emergencies
  • Mindfulness therapies
  • Free training and caring support
  • Carers Smart’ benefits and discounts
  • Signposting to other organisations for information about things like the condition of the person you care for, what to do if you’re not happy with the support they get, and advocacy

For more information about support available in Nottingham, 

 

We welcome the publication of our new Joint Carers Strategy which sets out what we will do together to improve the health and wellbeing of unpaid carers across the whole health and social care system in Nottingham City and Nottinghamshire County over the next 5 years.

The Strategy can be accessed by clicking here and downloading the PDF file

This strategy has been co-produced by carers from Nottingham City and Nottinghamshire County, Nottingham City Council, Nottinghamshire County Council and Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Integrated Care Board (ICB).

The Carers Strategy Action Plan is currently being developed which sits behind the strategy and shows the actions that are needed to make the strategy happen.

Our Council's and wider partners will self assess how we currently meet the overarching 'I' and 'We' statements within the strategy and commit to actions to improve support for carers.

The Action Plan will sit with the Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Integrated Care System (ICS) and partners will report to the ICS Board for accountability.

Respite care can give the person you care for the chance to enjoy new experiences and to make new friends. In turn, this means carers receive a break from caring and time to recharge their batteries. For more information contact the Carers Hub, or you can contact us directly.

Nottingham City Health and Care Point

If your query or concern is urgent and it is outside of these hours please call the Emergency Duty Team on 0115 876 1000.

If you’re under 18, and think you might be a carer, or if you know a young person in this situation, you can contact Action for Young Carers at the Carers Federation

The Carers Hub can provide you with information on other groups or services you could go to for advice on specific conditions. Or you could also look at:

  • Carers Federation, support for carers, or call: 0115 962 931
  • Rainbow Parents Carers Forum, support for parents who care for a disabled child, or call: 0115 934 8451
  • Local Information Online Nottingham (LiON). A directory of local information, advice and support available to help you and the person you care for
  • Learning Disability Carers' Forum, support for carers of someone with a learning disability, ensuring carers’ voices are heard. Call: 0115 852 8000
  • Age UK, provides services for older people, or call: 0115 844 0011
  • Nottinghamshire NHS Foundation Trust, a community and mental health services, or call: 0115 969 1300
  • Nottingham Mencap, support for people with a learning disability, and their families, or call: 0115 920 9524

  • Carers UK, provides advice and support for carers 
  • Carers Trust UK, a National charity supporting carers 
  • Include, Children’s Society initiative supporting young carers and their families
  • Contact A Family, supporting families of disabled children, or call: 0808 808 3555
  • Alzheimer's Society, for Alzheimer's and Dementia. Tel: 0115 934 3800
  • MIND, helping people with mental ill-health
  • SANE, helping people affected by mental illness, or call: 0300 304 7000
  • SCOPE, a National charity supporting people with a disability, or call: 0808 800 3333
  • Mencap, a National charity supporting people with a learning disability
  • Headway, support after a brain injury, or call: 0115 924 0800
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