Carers Information Booklet - Carer's Assessment

If your caring role is affecting your health or wellbeing, you may want to ask for a carer’s assessment from Nottinghamshire County Council. Someone else can request a carer’s assessment on your behalf – for example, a doctor, social worker, mental health professional or care coordinator.

The assessment is about you, not the person you care for. It is about the impact on your health, work, social life, finances, education, or family and personal life.

A carer’s assessment can be offered in a number of ways:

• you can complete a self-assessment online and then a worker will telephone you to discuss this further
• you can request a telephone assessment with a worker
• you can talk to a worker face-to-face, for example at a social care clinic or in your own home.

After the carer’s assessment, we will provide you with information and advice. You may be eligible for additional support, such as help with a break from caring or a carer’s personal budget.

You can have a carer’s assessment whether or not the person you care for has had a Care and Support Assessment. There is no charge for the carer’s assessment or any support provided directly to you. (If the person you care for has a Care and Support Assessment, there may be a charge for some services provided to them.)

To request a carer’s assessment:

call: 0300 500 80 80

visit: www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/care/adult-social-care/contact-us

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