This listing is for making self referrals only. If you are a professional, please use this link - Rutland County Council - Carers Team - Professional referral
A carer is someone who helps another person, usually a relative or friend, in their day to day life.
The carers team will discuss the impact of your caring role on your own wellbeing and identify any support needs you have. The carers team will help to identify services and support options for you and the person you care for.
The carers team will discuss the impact of your caring role on your own wellbeing and identify any support needs you have. Identify services and support options for you and the person you care for.
The carers team aim to meet carers needs as quickly as possible to prevent them from escalating and becoming more complex. We will focus on empowering carers to make choices about their caring role and access appropriate services and support for themselves and for the person they look after.
You can make a referral to Rutland County Council's RISE Carers Team by clicking on the Make a Referral or Signpost to this Service.
What is a carers assessment?
Assessment is one of the most important parts of the care and support system and will give you the opportunity to meet some of the professionals who provide care and support services: social workers, carers support workers and occupational therapists etc.
A carer's assessment can help you understand your situation and get the right kind of help when you need it. It's also a way to look at and build on your strengths and understand your current circumstances and needs as a carer. An assessment will look at all your needs and the things you want to achieve in your day to day life.
It will also look at other important areas, for example whether you are able or willing to carry on caring, whether you work or want to work, and whether you want to study or do more socially. You should only share the information you want to. Your assessment will only go in to detail about the areas that are important to you, to make sure it is tailored to your needs and goals.
Your assessment will be led by you and go at your own pace. If you want to, you can complete a self-assessment (where you complete the assessment form yourself) or you may be able to complete your assessment over the telephone.
Where Rutland County Council believes a carer has a need for support, we have a responsibility to carry out a carer's assessment. If you and the person you care for both agree, you can have a joint assessment.
What is eligibility criteria?
Carers can be eligible for support in their own right.
For more information visit Carer information website