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Parent and relative survey

Bedford Borough Council, Central Bedfordshire Council and Bedfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group are recommissioning their carers’ services. We have to do this by law every few years to ensure our residents are receiving the best services and that these are good value for money. 
We would like to hear from:
* adults whose children under 18 help them with care and support
* adults whose children under 18 provide care for a disabled sibling.
This will help us develop and improve services we provide for children and families. Your feedback will help us commission the right services for families in the area.
There will be a separate survey for parents who care for a disabled child and parents whose other children are affected by a sibling’s disability.

Definition of a young carer: A young carer is someone under 18 who helps look after someone in their family (including a sibling), or a friend, who is ill, disabled, has a mental health condition or misuses drugs or alcohol.


Please complete this questionnaire online by 26 February. Responses will be anonymous – you do not need to give your name or any personal details.

Thank you for taking the time to complete this survey. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact:

Bedford Borough Council: angela.stango@bedford.gov.uk

Central Bedfordshire Council: cscommissioning@centralbedfordshire.gov.uk

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* 1. Where do you live? (please tick one box only)

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* 2. Do you have a child or children aged under 18? (please tick one box only)

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* 3. Does your child or children help you with care and support (e.g. washing, dressing, toileting, cooking, getting out and about or providing companionship)? (please tick one box only)

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* 4. Does your child or children provide care for a disabled sibling (e.g. dressing, feeding or supervising their play)? (please tick one box only)

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* 5. Does your child or children get support from one of the following young carers’ services set out in the following questions? (please tick which services your child/children receive support from).

We would like to hear more about your family’s experiences of this support, so please use the comments boxes to tell us how this service has helped your child or children, how this service has helped your whole family, what most helpful elements of this service are and if there is anything that could be improved. 

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* 6. Are there any types of support that would help your child/children, which are not currently offered?

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* 7. If you answered ‘no’ or ‘I don’t know’ to Question 5 about whether  your child/children receive any support, what kind of support services would be most useful for your child/children and family?

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* 8. The remaining questions are about you. The following information will help us when considering your opinions and to make sure that we're getting the views of all the community. The answers will not be used to identify any individual. You do have to answer the questions or if you do not want to answer a particular question, please skip the question.

Data Protection Act 1998

Please note that your personal details supplied on this form will be held and/or computerised by Central Bedfordshire Council or Bedford Borough Council (depending on where you live) for the purpose of Young Carers service. The information collected may be disclosed to officers and members of the Council and its’ partners involved in this consultation. Summarised information from the forms may be published, but no individual details will be disclosed under these circumstances.

Your personal details will be safeguarded and will not be divulged to any other individuals or organisations for any other purposes.

Your gender

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* 9. What age group are you in?

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* 10. Do you consider yourself to be disabled? Under the Equality Act 2010, a person is considered to be disabled if he/she has a physical or mental impairment which has a sustained and long-term effect on his/her ability to carry out normal day to day activities.

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* 11. Your ethnicity. Which group do you belong to?

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* 12. What is your religion or belief?

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* 13. How would you define your sexual orientation?

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* 14. Is your gender identify the same as the gender you were assigned at birth?

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* 15. How would you describe your current employment status?

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* 16. Which of these describes your current household accommodation?

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