Help & Care

Help and Care is a Charity that provides a range of different support services for Carers.

A carer is any person that looks after someone else who relies heavily on them.

This might be the parent of a child with extra needs, an adult looking after and elderly relative, an older person looking after a spouse with care needs or a child who plays a key role in supporting a parent with needs.

Are any of these you?

Help and Care wants to find out what carers who work think about their loves, their caring role, their work and the support that they do or don't get. We are doing this because we want to help to improve the working lives of carers and make sure that they are getting all the support that they need.

If you think you might be a carer please take a fe minutes to complete our on-line questionnaire. We will let you know the results of our survey and what we plan to do about it!

Thank you for your time.

Before you received this would you have considered youself to be a carer?
Yes No I dont know
In the next two questions please give a brief description of your caring role. For example; a parent looking after a son/daughter or a partner/spouse looking after a partner/spouse. Please choose from the options below...
I am a:
Parent Sibling Son/Daughter Other relative Partner/Spouse Other
Looking after:
Parent Sibling Son/Daughter Other relative Partner/Spouse Other
Please feel free to add any other information that you think is relavent about your caring role:

What is your age?
<18 18-25 25-40 40-50 50-65 65-75 75-85 85+
What is your gender?
Male Female Transgender
How many hours per week do you spend looking after someone?
0-5 5-10 10-15 15-20 20-30 30-40 40+ If 40+ hours per week please state how many
How many hours per week do you work?
Full time Part time 0-5 hours 5-15 hours 15-25 hours 25+ hours
Do you think your caring role affects your work?
Yes often Yes sometimes Yes but rarely No No opinion
Do you think your work affects your caring role?
Yes often Yes sometimes Yes but rarely No No opinion
Do you ever have to take time off from work because of your caring role?
No opinion No Yes but rarely Yes sometimes Yes often
Does your employer have flexible working policies and arrangements that allow you to undertake your caring role the way it suits you? Please tick the ones that you know about?
Flexible Working Policy Home Working Policy Special leave Policy Carers Policy Equal Opportunities Policy Flexitime Arrangements Overtime arrangements/policy Other Please state
Do you have any support that helps you in your caring role?
No Yes from: (please tick all that apply)	Social Services A charity A partner / spouse / friend / neighbour / other relative A club/social group / faith group A private company Other (please state)
What sort of support do you get?
Benefits like carers allowance Residential respite care for the person I look after Short respite breaks for me from an agency like a sitting service Short Respite breaks for me because a friend/neighbour/other relative helps out Day care for the person I look after A telephone helpline Vouchers or other perks from Social Services Training from social services Support from someone at my GP practice	Regular leaflets and information about things that might help me Support group that someone else set up like my GP practice, social services, at the carers centre or local charity Support group that I set up myself with like 'Minded Carers' Domestic support like cleaning, cooking etc. Private care for the person I look after that I pay for
Do you feel you get enough of the right kind of support?
Yes No No opinion
If you answered No to question 11 have you even heard of some of the things listed in question 12?
Please select the most appropriate statement
What is the most important thing to you about being a carer who works?

What is the biggest challenge to you of being a carer who works?

If you could change one thing about the support you receive or the lack of it, what would it be?

In order to analyse our survey we need to know roughly where you live. Please select your postcode area.
If you would like more information about support services for carers please contact us on 0845 4500 418 or email contact@helpandcare.org.uk or visit our website at www.helpandcare.org.uk
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