for professionals: young carers support

If you are concerned as a professional about a young person at your school, GP practice or in your community, then you can encourage them to get in touch with us directly. Young people are able to refer themselves for all our services or just drop in for a chat and some support.

Professionals can refer young people to our young carers project - see more information below. They can also refer young people for counselling or YOUnited - find more details here.

Centre 33 is the commissioned young carers assessment and support service for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. All young carers referred into us are offered a statutory young carers needs assessment. We devise an action plan with the young person which aims to reduce the impact of their caring role. Support is then offered based on individual need and can include 1:1, group or online support.

Before making a referral, we encourage professionals to look at the support needs of the whole family, it may be appropriate to make an Early Help referral if their needs cannot be met within universal services.

Please signpost young carers and their families to universal support:

• Download the Young Carers Support App on iOS or Android.

• Ask the GP to code the young person as a young carer on their system.

• Connect them to their school or college Young Carers Champion.

• Use our signposting guide, which contains lots of resources and organisations ready to help.

Professionals working with young carers can access a wealth of documents, presentations, posters and more in our young carers resource hub.

Make a referral for a young carer or young adult carer here.