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Types of Carers

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Parent Carers

Parent carers provide support to their children, including grown up children who could not manage without their help.

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Sandwich Carers

Being a ‘sandwich carer’ means caring for an older, ill or disabled adult – often a parent or parent-in‑law – while looking after your children or younger relatives at the same time, who may or may not have SEND needs of their own. If this sounds like you, you are a sandwich carer. Many sandwich carers are also working.

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Kinship Carers

Kinship carers are family or friends who step in, often during an unexpected crisis, to care for a child when their parents aren’t able to.

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