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Carer's Assessment

Carers provide substantial, unpaid support to someone who needs extra help to manage day to day life. They may not live in the same house, and they do not have to be related to the person they look after. Most Carers are happy to look after relations or friends, but sometimes they need extra support to continue in their caring role. Caring for someone covers lots of different things, like helping with washing, dressing, or eating, or taking someone to regular appointments.
 
Cheshire West and Chester Council and Cheshire Clinical Commissioning Group commission The Cheshire West Carer Support service.
 
The Cheshire West Carer Support service is our joint service delivered by the Cheshire and Warrington Carers Trust. The service provides information, advice, support and services to carers across the borough, including:
 
- Carers Helpline Monday to Friday 9am - 5pm
- Benefits advice, form filling and advocacy
- Quarterly newsletter
- Events for carers throughout the year; highlighting Carers Week and Carers Rights Day
- Regular Luncheon clubs
- Monthly support groups
- Carer's training programme
- Essentials Fund to pay for white goods, gardening or decorating
- Personal Budget to enable carers to take a break
- Carers in Crisis Fund
- Working carers project
- Early identification of carers in Primary Care
 
To access this Carer Support service please see the following contact methods below:

Tel: 0300 102 0008
Email: advice@cheshireandwarringtoncarers.org
Web: www.cheshirewestcarersupport.co.uk
If you have contacted the Cheshire West Carers Support Service and feel you would like to continue with a Carer's Assessment, please complete this Carer's Assessment form.
About this assessment
This assessment gives you the chance to tell us what you need, and to find out what support might be available. The Carer's assessment explores whether you have eligible needs in your own right.

The Local Authority or a partner carers organisation will assess whether you have needs as a carer and what those needs may be. This assessment will consider the impact of caring on you. It will also consider what difficulties you may be facing, how you manage them and the things that you want to achieve in your day-to-day life.

It must consider other important issues, such as 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.

If you have eligible needs, the assessor will discuss the options available to meet those needs. If your needs are not eligible, you will be given information and advice.

You can complete the form for yourself or on behalf of someone you know.

Once submitted, this form will go to the Cheshire West and Chester Community Access Team. You will receive a confirmation email message once the form is submitted and follow up calls if required. The team aim to respond within 3 working days. Please complete this form to the best of your ability and with as much information as possible.
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