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Thinking about your future?

A Transitions Assessment can help

If you’re a young carer, you might be juggling a lot — caring for someone at home while thinking about education, work, or moving out. A transitions assessment is a chance to talk about your future and get support to make it happen.

What is a Transitions Assessment?

It’s a conversation with a member of the Barnet Young Carers Team about:

  • Your caring role and how it affects your life
  • Your goals — education, work, housing, relationships
  • What support you might need to achieve those goals

It’s not a test. It’s about you and what matters to you.

Why it’s worth doing

  • You’ll get personalised advice and support
  • It can help you access funding, training, or housing options
  • You’ll learn about your rights as a carer
  • It’s a chance to plan for life beyond caring, or caring in a way that works for you

What happens Next?

After the assessment, you might be offered:

  • A support plan
  • Help with benefits or financial support
  • Access to counselling or mentoring
  • Help with job applications or college courses

You’re not alone. This is about helping you move forward with confidence.

Smiling young adult carers

If you would like support in your caring role and would like to speak to one of the Barnet Young Carers Team, please email us here.  We will respond as soon as possible and certainly in a couple of days.  If you would like us to call you, please include your name and a number where we can reach you.

Your rights as a young
adult carer

Right to a needs assessment
Under both the Children and Families Act 2014 and the Care Act 2014, you have the right to a carer’s assessment if:

  • You appear to have needs for support
  • You or your parent request one

This applies regardless of who you care for, how often you care, or whether you’re in education or work.

Transition support at age 18
Local authorities must:

  • Assess your needs before you turn 18 to help plan your transition to adult services
  • Consider your education, training, employment, housing, and wellbeing
  • Ensure you’re not left with caring responsibilities that are inappropriate for your age

Support for your wellbeing
The Care Act 2014 places a duty on councils to promote your wellbeing, including:

  • Physical and mental health
  • Personal dignity and respect
  • Participation in education, training, and recreation
  • Control over your day-to-day life

Whole-family approach
Assessments should consider:

  • Whether it’s appropriate for you to continue caring
  • Your own needs and wishes
  • The needs of the person you care for
  • The impact on your family and how they can be supported

Involvement in hospital discharge planning
If you care for an adult who is in hospital, the Health and Care Act 2022 says:

  • Hospitals must consult you before discharging the person you care for.

Your voice matters
You have the right to:

  • Be involved in decisions about your care and support
  • Be consulted about changes in services that affect you
  • Have access to information and advice

Transitions Assessment for Young Carers

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Tell us a little bit about yourself. This information will only be used to contact you about the support that is available from us.
Name
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Consent

About you and your caring role. Tell us a little bit more about the person you care for and what is involved. Go into as much detail as you can as this will help us in supporting you.
Do you care for:
We realise that it might be more than one person.
If you can give us details of your caring role it will help us to provide the support you might need.
Do you provide the following care. Choose as many as you need.
This might be in months or years. It does not have to be completely accurate so don't worry if you cannot remember exactly. Just tell us what you think.
Try and give us some detail of how you think that your caring role affects your day to day life. For example, does it make doing school or college work more difficult, or does it prevent you from going out with your friends when you want to.
Can you tell us a little bit about what you are currently doing. For instance, are you still at school or college or have you started work. We want to know about what your goals are so we can support you to achieve them.
What are you doing at the moment?
Tell us as much as you can. This could be about what you really want to do even if you are unsure of how to achieve those goals.
You might not know. But if you do have an idea of what help you might need to achieve your goals - here is the place to put it.
Can you tell us something about your living situation and your independence.
If you are still at school this will probably not apply to you. But if you are in training or work, you might be thinking about living independently. If you do want to live independently, what kind of support would you need to make that happen?
Can you tell us a bit about your health and wellbeing?
Do you have any health concerns of your own? Do you feel stressed, anxious, or overwhelmed by your caring role?
Are you getting any support at the moment? This could be from a school or college, a social worker, a charity or other organisation.
Tell us as much as you can about any of the help you are currently getting (if any). Do you know about your rights as a young adult carer?
We know you might not be sure and also that you might not have an idea of what could be available. But try and think about what you think could help you.
Thinking about your future. This is all about you. What would you like your life to look like in the next few years? Are there things you’d like to change about your caring role? What do you need to feel confident about your future? Please tell us as much as you can.

Tips for filling in the form
Try and give us as much detail as possible.  The more we know, the easier it will be to get you the support that you need.  We know that some questions might be difficult for you but take your time.  It might be a good idea to download the questions and think about the answers before you tackle the form.  You can download a Word document here of all the questions.

And remember, you can always do the assessment on the telephone with one of our friendly and experienced staff.  If you would like to do that, please email us here and leave your full name and telephone number and we will be in touch.

Once we have received your form, we will produce an initial support plan for you.  We will also be in contact to arrange a meeting with you to discuss how we can get you the support you need.

If you would like us to contact you so that you can complete this assessment with one of our staff, email us here and we will be in contact with you as soon as possible.

We have a great activities programme for young carers of all ages and we can guarantee that we have something for you.  From kayaking course, to arts and drama workshops and trips to the theatre and theme parks.  It is a great way to get involved and make friends.

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We know that your caring role can sometimes have an impact on your school work.  Our educational support programme which includes free tuition and other support for you to make sure that you have the opportunity to do as well as you can at school.

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Sometimes it really helps to have someone to talk to who understands you.  Our mentoring programme provides individual and group support and normally takes place during the school day.  It is a great way of getting support.

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contact us

Monday to Friday: 9am - 4:30pm

Address

Barnet Young Carers
Global House, 303 Ballards Lane
N12 8NP

Email

youngcarers@barnetcarers.org

Phone

0203 995 1909

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