If you have contacted Cumbria County Council, the worker who visits you will offer you an assessment in one of two ways:
- a joint assessment - where your needs as a carer are considered alongside the needs of the person you look after; or
- a separate assessment - where your needs alone are considered.
The separate assessment of your needs will be carried out when:
- you would prefer to have a separate assessment; or
- the person you look after does not wish to have an assessment of their needs.
Your assessment does not have to be a ‘one off’ - you can ask for a follow up assessment at another time if you want this. Your worker will also tell you what arrangements they will make to review any support services they have arranged.
Your worker will usually be from our Adult Social Care social work teams. However, we may also involve:
- Children's Services teams, if you are a young person looking after an adult; or
- Children with Disabilities teams, if you are looking after a disabled child or young person.
Some carers who are themselves disabled may be eligible for an assessment of their needs in their own right.
If you have contacted your local carers association, someone from the association will carry out the assessment instead of a social worker.
More details of assessments by Children with Disabilities Teams