Carers Support Service
Support and Advice for Carers
There are many ways for you to get help if you are a carer and look after a friend or relative, adult or child who is ill or disabled, who cannot manage without your help.
You may be new to caring, or have been a carer for many years. You may live with the person you care for, or they may live elsewhere.
Caring for someone can be very rewarding, but you as carers need support to make sure you enjoyed a fulfilled life beyond caring if you want:
- To have more time to take part in leisure activities
- To take part in education or training
- To work but can not find a suitable job or continue to work due your caring role
- Support at home
- To have a break from caring role
- To enjoy other family or social commitments
- To have a specialist equipments
Barking and Dagenham Adult and Community Services Department can give advice and information about organisations and services for you and the person you look after.
These are the ways you can get information on services and support for yourself.
- Carers' assessment
PDF 74K - Breaks for carers|
- Benefits for carers|
- Black and minority ethnic carers groups|
- Carers consultations
- Carers events
- Carers Week (9-15 June 2008)|
- Information leaflets
- Barking and Dagenham Carers strategy
- Directory of Carers Services PDF 283K
- Carers Focus Groups|
- Young carers information|
- Drug and Alcohol Action Team PDF 313K
- Carers leaflets
- Get it sorted - A young person's guide to making a complaint|
- Help is available if you look after someone|
- Supporting Carers Films|
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For any advice and information on carers' services, carers' leaflets or to loan books (home visits) please contact 020 8724 1312 to find your local library. For opening hours please contact your local library. You could also register online at barking.library@lbbd.gov.uk.
