Report 11: Carers, Employment and Services in Sandwell
20 October 2007
In Sandwell 13,948 people have both a paid job abd unpaid care responsibilites, supporting a relative, partner or friend who is sick, disabled and frail.
This report focuses on the situation of carers living in Sandwell. It uses official statistics and new data from the CES survey to explore the extent of unpaid caring among people of working age in the borough, and examines the circumstances of employed carers who live in Sandwell and the views of those who took part in the study. There were 82 responses to the survey from carers of working age living in Sandwell.: 90% were providing 20+ hours of care per week and 43% were in employment. 10 of the 134 CES in-depth interviews were with carers in Sandwell. This report outlines the support available to working carers in Sandwell, highlights innocvation and service developments, and offers a contribution to the current policy debate about the role of carers in the delivery of social care in Britain, and about carers' need for support.
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