From the section: Help and advice for carers
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If you regularly care for someone aged 18 or over without being paid, you are entitled to a carer’s assessment. This is an opportunity for you to have a conversation about how your caring responsibilities affect your wellbeing and quality of life, and to identify how we can help make your life easier.
It is beneficial to have your assessment with the person you care for to help us coordinate the care and support that you both need. However, you can choose to complete your assessment separately if you prefer.
If you are a parent or carer of a child with additional needs, you can contact Carers Trust Solihull for support.
This short video explains more about a carer's assessment.
A carer’s assessment can be completed by you or someone else on your behalf. Once submitted, we’ll contact you to offer advice or continue the assessment with you.
You can request a carer's assessment by contacting our adult social care team on:
You can request a carer’s assessment by contacting Carers Trust Solihull.
For more information and advice about carer’s assessments, you can visit one of our Community Advice Hubs.
During the assessment, you will be asked the following:
If you have difficulty understanding, remembering or using information, or have difficulty getting your point across, you may want to use an advocate. An advocate is someone who can help you be heard, represent you and support you with your assessment.
Whether you can receive care and support from Solihull Council will be based on the results of your assessment against the outcomes in the national eligibility criteria.
If you do not meet the national eligibility criteria, our adult social care team will provide information and advice on what community support is available.
Once your assessment has been completed you will receive a copy. If you are eligible for support, you will also receive an estimate of your personal budget.
The official amount of your care and support budget will be confirmed once your carer support plan is finalised.
You will always have an opportunity to give feedback about your assessment and, if you disagree with the results, you can ask for this to be reviewed.