Vale of Glamorgan Council
Cyngor Bro Morgannwg
Cost of Living Support Icon
​

Carer's Assessment

If your needs cannot be met by information, advice and assistance alone, please ask for a carer's needs assessment.

 

A Carer's Needs Assessment will look at what support you need as an unpaid carer, whether you are willing or able to carry on caring, what you want to achieve in life and whether you are eligible for help from social services.

 

A Carer's Needs Assessment does not check to see how or why you are caring.

 

It considers personal strengths, support available from family members, friends, and others in the community. It will also look at whether you work or wish to work, and whether you wish to participate in education, training, or leisure activities.

 

Request a Carer's Assessment

If you are a carer, then you are entitled to an assessment.

 

To request a carer's assessment please contact our Contact Centre, C1V:

 

 

Request a Parent Carer's Assessment

If you are a parent carer of a disabled child, then you are entitled to an assessment. 

 

Request a Young Carer Assessment

For carer's assessments involving young carers (ie under 18 years of age).

 

Contact the Families First Advice Line: 

  • 0800 0327 322

 

  • Finding out what needs a person has starts with a conversation. During this conversation we will ask what matters to you.
  • We will ask you about your circumstances; personal outcomes, barriers to achieving those outcomes, any risks to you or to other persons and your strengths and capabilities.  We will also ask you about the support you already receive, and we will talk about where you can access support that you need.

An assessment gives you the chance to:

  • Think about your needs
  • Consider the impact of caring on your 'well-being'
  • Talk, in private, to someone who understands your situation
  • Be listened to
  • Think about whether you feel you can go on caring and the choices you have
  • Talk about the support you think is important to carry out your role and to maintain your health and well being

How can I request support for the person I look after?

If you feel that the person you are caring for requires more support, with their consent,

you can contact Social Services who will assess their needs, the support they require, and how this could be achieved.

 

We will need to ask you some questions about that person:

 

  • General details, such as name, address, date of birth and age
  • Reason for contact
  • Medical/mental health history
  • How to contact the person
  • Possible risks 

An assessment can involve discussions with staff from Social Work, health, or housing.

Assessment

Carers Wales - Easy Read Guide to Assessments in Wales

Your guide to assessments for yourself and the people you care for.

Easy Read Guide

 

Adult carers talk about the benefits of receiving a carer's assessment below

 

Eligibility for support from social services

There are national eligibility criteria for care and support for adults, children and carers. 

 

Eligibility is made up of 4 criteria that must be met for the need to be eligible.  There is a criteria table for adults, carers and children.  There is an automatic right to eligibility for those at risk of abuse or neglect.

   

  • Eligibility is conferred on a need not a person and is not about a right to a service.  

  • It is applied to guarantee access to care and support for those who cannot achieve their personal outcomes without it.   

  • Some needs may be met through a care and support plan and some through the access to community services.   

  • Community services could include those provided by public, private and 3rd sector organisations, as well as community groups, family and friends.   

  • If the provision of care and support cannot help the person achieve their outcomes the question of eligibility does not arise.