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Carers policies and strategies

Index of Content

• Wiltshire’s Carers policy and strategy documents
• National Carers policy and strategy documents

Welcome to the Carers Policy and Strategy page of the Community Information for Carers Website. Simply click on the heading in the contents section above to see the organisations related to that area.

Those organisations that are marked with a have been identified as having fact sheets and information that is in an easy format to print out.

Wiltshire’s Carers policy and strategy documents

• Wiltshire Carers Policy and Strategy (pdf 565Kb) 

  

This Policy and Strategy was produced in recognition of recent changes both in the responsibilities of statutory organisations towards carers and in the services which have been developed over the past eight years. It is the result of discussion and consultation with carers, workers from Carer Support Organisations and staff from Wiltshire Department of Adult & Community Services, and the three Primary Care Trusts.

This document is intended to provide a framework within which carers identified needs can be addressed through the development of local action plans. It recognises that carers are individuals and that their views and needs will differ, as will the needs of the person cared for.

• Wiltshire Young Carers Strategy 2006-2009 (pdf 104Kb) 

  

The Wiltshire Young Carers Strategy was been developed with the involvement of young carers and their families. The ultimate aim of this Strategy (and thus of the Agencies signing up to it) is to reach a point where there are no more young carers because appropriate services are in place to support all of the cared for people.

• Wiltshire County Council’s Corporate Plan

  

Wiltshire County Council adopted its corporate plan ‘Wiltshire 2009’ in October 2005. It sets out what the council plan to do for the next four years. It explains what we want to be like in 2009, what we want to achieve, how we will do it, how we are going to pay for it and what the risks are.

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National Carers policy and strategy documents

• The National Strategy for Carers

  

The National Strategy for Carers sets out what the government have been doing, and what they are going to do. It offers practical help in ways which are needed.

• Rethink Who Cares? Report

  

Who Cares? asks how easy is it for a mental health carer to access the support, information and services they need to do their vital, but unheralded job, and it offers some simple recommendations to help government and professionals recognise that recovery from severe mental illness can be made easier when carers are fully involved.

• Everybody's Business

  

Everybody's Business was launched on 14 November 2005 by the Services Improvement Partnership (CSIP) to improve health and social care practice at the front line. The central message is that Older people’s mental health cuts across health and social care, physical and mental health and mainstream and specialist services. The new service development guide is committed to:

• Improving people’s quality of life
• Meeting complex needs in a co-ordinated way
• Providing a person-centred approach
• Promoting age equality.
• Carers and Disabled Children Act 2000 and Carers (Equal Opportunities) Act 2004 - Carers and people with parental responsibility for disabled children: Combined Draft Policy Guidance

  

The purpose of this draft policy guidance is to provide councils with direction to enable them to understand their obligations and requirements and the systems they need to put in place in order to implement the Carers (Equal Opportunities) Act 2004. It will replace the existing guidance that accompanied the Carers and Disabled Children's Act 2000.

• NIMHE (National Institute for Mental Health in England)

  

NIMHE (National Institute for Mental Health in England) is responsible for supporting the implementation of positive change in mental health and mental health services. They are part of the Care Services Improvement Partnership (CSIP),their main sponsor is the Department of Health. They help all those involved in mental health to implement positive change by providing a gateway to learning and development, offering new opportunities to share experiences and one place to find information.

On the NIMHE website it is possible to view their publications relating to mental health for older people and mental health in relation to service users and carers.

For more information visit the NIMHE (National Institute for Mental Health in England) website.

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Contact Details

By Post

Social Care Help Desk
Wiltshire County Council
Department of Community Services
(Adult Social Care Services)
County Hall
Trowbridge
BA14 8LE

By Email

socialcarehelpdesk@wiltshire.gov.uk

By Telephone

01225 713001

By Fax

01225 713355

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