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Supporting Young Carers in Derbyshire Schools and Colleges

The Derbyshire GuideSupporting Young Carers in Derbyshire Schools and Colleges’ provides a checklist to help identify pupils who may be young carers.

The Young Carers in Schools programme has developed a step-by-step guide to supporting young carers in schools and section 7 provides guidance on raising awareness of young carers with school staff. Tools include a checklist of signs that a pupil may be a young carer, exemplar staff noticeboard material, and staff training PowerPoint and handouts.