Request a Carers Assessment
If you are a carer, living in the City of London, you may be able to get support, both for you as an individual and in your responsibilities as a carer.
A Carer’s Assessment will be able to consider what support needs you have, whether these arise because of the needed care and support you provide, whether your physical or mental health is affected and as a result whether there is a significant impact on your wellbeing. It may also be able to tell you what support you are entitled to.
The team will work with you to agree a support plan that sets out how your support needs will be met. The support plan will include an individual budget showing the cost of meeting those needs.
If you are an adult carer for an adult (someone aged 18 or over) living in the City of London you may be able to get support, both for you as an individual and in your responsibilities as a carer.
Request a carer's assessment from the Adult Social Care team to find out whether you are eligible for support from Adult Social Care.
Alternatively, you can call 020 7332 1224 (Monday to Friday, 9am - 5pm) or email the Adult Social Care team.
You can ask for a Carers' Assessment if:
- you're aged 18 or over and
- you provide necessary care for an adult who lives in the City of London or
- you are planning to look after an adult in the City of London
Discuss emergency planning with your social worker during your assessment
Our emergency social work service responds in crisis situations at weekends and on bank holidays and after 5pm on weekdays. For urgent matters, outside of office hours call 020 8356 8855 or 020 8356 2300 or visit the City and Hackney Emergency Duty Team webpage for more information.
If you are the parent of a child under the age of 18 regarded as disabled under the Children Act 1989 and Equality Act 2010, you can request a Parent Carer Assessment.
To be regarded as disabled, a child/young person will be aged between zero and 18 years and have a physical or mental impairment that has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on their ability to perform normal day-to-day activities.
The definitions of substantial and long-term disability are as follows:
- Substantial is defined by the Equality Act 2010 as meaning ‘more than a minor of trivial effect’. As such, child requires significant support from another person or equipment to carry out basic functioning
- Long-term is defined in the Equality Act 2010 as ‘Likely to last for the rest of the person’s life, or has lasted at least 12 months, or the total period for which it lasts is likely to be at least 12 months
For more information or to request an assessment, you can call 020 7332 3621 (Monday to Friday, 9am - 5pm) or Email the Children's Social Care and Early Help Service.
Discuss emergency planning with your social worker during your assessment
Our emergency social work service responds in crisis situations at weekends and on bank holidays and after 5pm on weekdays. For urgent matters, outside of office hours call 020 8356 2710 or visit the City and Hackney Emergency Duty Team webpage for more information.
If you are a child or a young person under the age of 18 looking after someone in your family who is ill or disabled, you are a Young Carer. The family member being cared for could be a parent, a brother or sister or a grandparent.
As a young carer, you can be referred to us by someone who currently works with you, or you can contact us. We liaise with your parent or carer to seek consent to proceed with either an Early Help Assessment or a young carer's assessment depending on your needs and your family’s needs.
Email the Children's Social Care and Early Help Service or call 020 7332 3621 (Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm).
Discuss emergency planning with your early help worker during your assessment
Our emergency social work service responds in crisis situations at weekends and on bank holidays and after 5pm on weekdays. For urgent matters, outside of office hours call 020 8356 2710 or visit the City and Hackney Emergency Duty Team webpage for more information.