Young carers' draft regulations: Government consultation

This consultation seeks the views of interested parties on the draft Young Carers' (Needs Assessments) (England) Regulations to put into effect Section of the Children and Families Act 2014. A local authority must assess whether a young carer within their area has needs for support and, if so, what those needs are, if - (a) it appears to the authority that the young carer may have needs for support, or; (b) the authority receives a request from the young carer or a parent of the young carer to assess the young carer's needs for support. The draft regulations set out: the matters to which a local authority must have regard in carrying out a young carer's needs assessment; the manner and form of a young carer's needs assessment; the matters which a local authority must take into account when carrying out a young carer's needs assessment; and, the definition of the term 'whole family approach'. The consultation closes on 26 January 2015.