Assessments - gateway to support

Caring can be exhausting. Help with practical tasks can make caring easier.

One way to access help and support is through an assessment by a social worker. There are different assessments for carers, disabled adults and children and their families. Assessments for people aged 18 or over are called community care assessments. A different assessment is made if you need help looking after a disabled child.

To get a community care assessment contact the social services/social work department in the area where the person you are looking after lives.