Carers Noticeboard

Are you a carer?

Please let us know if you are providing care for someone.

Do you have a carer?

Please let us know if you currently have a carer providing care for you.

Register as a carer

The Essex Young Carers Service offer free personalised support to young carers and their families that will be developed with you around your need for help and the carling you do.

Email: carers@essex.gov.uk

Telephone: 0345 743 0430

Carers UK makes life better for carers.

Caring will affect us all at some point in our lives. We'll be here for you when that happens. With your help, we can be there for the 6,000 people who start looking after someone each day.

We give expert advice, information and support.

Caring can be extremely complicated. The maze of rights and entitlements can be complicated. Filling in paperwork can be complicated. Getting a break can be complicated. Our feelings about caring can certainly be complicated.

We're here to make sure that no matter how complicated your query or your experience, you don't have to care alone. 

Our expert telephone advice and support service is here if you want to talk about caring. If you're looking for answers, our online information and support is the best place to start.

We connect carers so no-one has to care alone.

Every day 6,000 people become carers. It can be bewildering if you don't know where to turn for help and support.

Through our carers' groups and volunteers we're reaching out in local communities throughout the UK and online.

If you're new to caring, we want to make sure you get the right support from the start.

We campaign together for lasting change.

We're at the forefront of the carers’ movement, bringing carers together to have a voice and deliver lasting change.

We’ll keep campaigning until we can all look after loved ones without putting our own lives on hold.

We innovate to find new ways to reach and support carers.

Our expertise and insight drawn from carers’ experiences helps us find better ways to support carers.

We work with local authorities and other organisations to improve services for carers throughout the UK.

Visit the carers UK website:https://www.carersuk.org/home

Care Compare is a free-to-use, secure digital comparison tool that enables patients (or relatives looking on their behalf) to find domiciliary care i.e. care delivered in their own home by a care company. This care includes: help with activities of daily living such as washing/preparing meals/getting dressed, companionship, night-time care or 24/7 live-in care. At the moment, CareCompare does not include nursing homes. 

Please click on the link below for more information: 

Care Compare

Carers Information Booklet

www.essex.gov.uk/connectingcarers

Carers Direct: 0808 8020202

CarersDirect@nhschoices.nhs.uk 

Crossroads: 01268 660860

Castle Point Association of Voluntary Services: 01268 638416

Carers Hotline, Essex County Council Carers Assessment Line: 01248 434375

www.carersuk.org 

www.carers.org 

The Essex Care Services Directory has been produced by Care Choices to help you make decisions about care in Essex and Southend-on-Sea.

Care Choices Website

Essex Care Services Directory | Care Choices

Use it to find care homes near you, home care in your area, and much more.

The information on care includes:

• Where carers can go for support
• How to stay independent for longer
• How paying for care works

Call 01223 207770 for a free copy of the Essex and Southend-on-Sea Care Services Directory.

If you are please let us know - we may be able to help you

There is a wealth of information on the NHS website about carers and caring. Below are some links into the site that we hope you will find useful.

• A guide to care and support

  Information for carers and people who have care & support needs.

• Caring for someone

  Advice on providing care, medicines etc.

• Care after hospital

  Providing care for people who have been recently discharged from hospital.

• Taking a break

  Caring for someone can be a full-time job - find out about accessing breaks and respite care.

• Support and benefits for carers
  

  Caring for someone can be a full-time job - find out about accessing breaks and respite care.

• Work and Disability
  

  Guidance, support and help with employment issues.

• Being a Young carer

  Advice for carers 18 or under and their entitlement to support

Help claiming benefits, looking after your bank balance and understanding the legal issues of caring.

• Benefits for carers

  Directing carers to the benefits that can help them in their caring role

• Benefits for the under-65s

  Advice and information on helping the person you look after get the benefits that they are entitled to.

• Benefits for the over-65s

  Advice and information on financial support for older people with a disability or illness.

• Carer's Assement
  

  How your benefits maybe affected after the death of the person you look after and what happens to their benefits

• Other benefits

  Advice for carers and the people they are looking after on claiming a whole host of other benefits unrelated to their disability or caring

Health Watch have launched a new survey for people who are providing care and support for family, friends or other individuals in their lives https://forms.gle/wwr1Q7ULZ6uCNAPc6.

Healthwatch Essex 'Carers Voices' is commissioned by Essex County Council to gather feedback from carers across the county to find out what’s working well and not so well in order to influence improvements to the support provided for carers.

Breaks for unpaid carers (often called respite or short breaks) are planned periods of time away from daily caregiving responsibilities, designed to support the carer's health, wellbeing, and personal life. These can range from a few hours for shopping to longer holidays, allowing for rest and maintaining social connections. 

A break can include respite/holiday, sitting services, day support, or short‑notice help to attend appointments. The survey is divided into 2 parts : for those who have taken a break, and those who haven’t and/or are unsure how to access them.