Toolkit for Initial Teacher Education (ITE) Providers

Toolkit

Toolkit for Initial Teacher Education (ITE) Providers

This toolkit provides essential tools, templates and guidance for ITE providers who already include young carers as a key topic within their training programmes and ITE providers who are developing their training content regarding young carers.

Key Points:

Highlights the multiple reasons why it is essential to include young carers
Sets out essential information that all providers need to know about YC's
Provides a comprehensive package of teaching materials, tools and templates

Area of Care:

Mental Health Physical illness Alcohol Misuse Substance Misuse Special education needs

Outcomes:

Prevention Wellbeing Integration Health inequalities Carer awareness Identifying carers Carers in employment

I work in:

Health care Mental health care Health and wellbeing Carers services Carers involvement Information and advice Commissioning for young carers Social care Education Commissioning

I work with:

Young adult carers Young carers Sibling carers Families

Caring for:

Adults Older adults Young people Children

Location:

England

Date Revised:

19/04/17

Supporting Young Carers in Schools: A Toolkit for Initial Teacher Education Providers

Tools to accompany the Toolkit for Initial Teacher Education (ITE) Providers

The toolkit refers to various tools that complement this resource, some are Word documents that you are then able to adapt for your own service's use and others are tools to use generically.

They include a useful infographic which highlights data around attainment and attendance gathered from 72 schools which have received an award.

Tool 1 Key ways to refer to needs of young carers DOC (3187kb)