Young Carers
We are committed to ensuring that all students get the support they need to have a positive school experience, are happy in school and can achieve their full potential.
We know that for some students, factors outside of school can have a big impact on this, particularly if there is someone in their family or a friend who is ill, disabled, or has a mental health problem or an addiction. We think in every class there could be 1 pupil who is helping to support someone because of one of these factors – we call
these students young carers.
Students can be young carers for lots of different reasons:
- Emotional support and supervision- cheering someone up when they are
- unhappy, supporting someone to keep them safe, keeping someone company.
- Practical household tasks- cooking, cleaning and tidying any room in the house,
- helping someone wash their clothes
- Personal care- Washing someone’s hair, helping someone wash, helping someone
- get dressed.
- Medication Support- Reminding someone to take their medication, bringing
- someone their medication, collecting medication from the pharmacy
- Caring for siblings
- Financial or administrative responsibilities- Managing a weekly budget, working,
- taking responsibility for the food shop, paying bills
There is lots of support available for young carers and their families should they ever need it – both inside and outside of school. If you have a child that is a young carer, they can also access a range of benefits. Please see the leaflet attached for more information.
If you think your child might be a young carer, or could be affected by any of the issues we’ve highlighted, please inform us by calling the school office or emailing into info@vermotschool.co.uk.
Any information that is given to us will be treated sensitively and no information will be shared without your knowledge.