Young Carers @ Springwood
Young Carers Agreement @ Springwood
Springwood High School will support you in school by:
- Providing a Google Classroom where we will share updates and information of interest to you.
- Mr Scoles and your Year Manager as a contact in school for support.
- Monthly drop-in catch-up sessions are offered for you in a quiet classroom.
- West Norfolk Carers will be invited in for a half-termly drop-in meeting.
- West Norfolk Carers are available for support during the school holidays.
- Yearly CPD and updates for all staff at Springwood High School.
- Information for Young Carers is displayed outside Year Offices.
- Staff are understanding of the additional pressures on Young Carers when setting and recording homework deadlines.
- A Young Carers Emergency Card that enables you to go to your Year Office to contact home if you need to.
What might a Young Carer do?
• Practical tasks, like cooking, housework and shopping.
• Physical care such as helping someone get out of bed.
• Emotional support, including talking to someone who is distressed.
• Personal care, such as helping someone dress.
• Managing the family budget and collecting prescriptions.
• Helping to give medicine.
• Helping someone communicate.
• Looking after brothers and sisters with additional needs.
•Families affected by drug or alcohol misuse.
• Essentially anything at home that wouldn’t be done if the Young Carer didn’t do it.
Being a young carer can have a big impact on the things that are important to growing up:
- It can affect a young person’s health, social life and self-confidence.
- Many young carers struggle to juggle their education and caring, which can cause pressure and stress.
- In a national survey, 39% said that nobody in their school was aware of their caring role.
- 1 in 20 miss school because of their caring role.
- But young people can learn lots of useful skills by being a young carer.
What do we do to support our Young Carers?
• Provide a Google Classroom to keep you updated and informed.
• Monthly meetings.
• Half-termly meetings with West Norfolk Carers.
• Support from the Year Managers and Mr Scoles.
• Emotional and mental health support.
• Information on the Young Carers display boards.
• Annual staff training.
• End of year rewards trip.
If you think you are a Young Carer, or need help and advice, please see Mr Scoles or your Year Manager to find out more about what we can do to help you.