Any carer who appears to have a need for support should be offered a carer’s assessment by the local authority.

If you care for somebody who has received a diagnosis of dementia you are entitled to a carer's assessment by the local authority. They will assess your needs as a carer and work with you to understand if there is any provision or support which may help you.
 
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Carers UK (2020) Assessments. Your guide to getting help and support in England: "As a carer you will be entitled to an assessment regardless of the amount or type of care you provide, your financial means or your level of need or support. You can have an assessment whether or not the person you care for has had a needs assessment, or if the local council have decide they are not eligible for support."

The Care Act 2014, Part 1, Assessing needs, Section 10. Carers:

Assessment of a carer's needs for support;

• Where it appears to a local authority that a carer may have needs for support (whether currently or in the future), the authority must assess:
  • whether the carer does have needs for support (or is likely to do so in the future), and
  • if the carer does, what those needs are (or are likely to be in the future).
• The duty to carry out a carer's assessment applies regardless of the authority's view of:
  • the level of the carer's needs for support, or
  • the level of the carer's financial resources or of those of the adult needing care.
• A carer's assessment must include an assessment of:
  • whether the carer is able, and is likely to continue to be able, to provide care for the adult needing care,
  • whether the carer is willing, and is likely to continue to be willing, to do so,
  • the impact of the carer's needs for support on the matters specified in section 1(2),
  • the outcomes that the carer wishes to achieve in day-to-day life, and
  • whether, and if so to what extent, the provision of support could contribute to the achievement of those outcomes.
• A local authority, in carrying out a carer's assessment, must have regard to:
  • whether the carer works or wishes to do so, and
  • whether the carer is participating in or wishes to participate in education, training or recreation.
• A local authority, in carrying out a carer's assessment, must involve:
  • the carer, and
  • any person whom the carer asks the authority to involve.
• When carrying out a carer's assessment, a local authority must also consider:
  • whether, and if so to what extent, matters other than the provision of support could contribute to the achievement of the outcomes that the carer wishes to achieve in day-to-day life, and
  • whether the carer would benefit from the provision of anything under section 2 or 4 or of anything which might be available in the community.

Young onset dementia pathway: - https://www.youngdementianetwork.org/resources/young-onset-pathway/

Carers UK information your rights in work: - https://www.carersuk.org/help-and-advice/109-help-advice/work-and-career/your-statutory-rights-in-work#:~:text=All%20employees%20have%20the%20legal,an%20emergency%20may%20also%20qualify.

Carers UK factsheet on carers assessment: - https://www.carersuk.org/help-and-advice/practical-support/getting-care-and-support/carers-assessment

A Greater Manchester working carers toolkit: - https://www.gmhsc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/GMCSU-Working-Carers-Toolkit-PRINT-VERSION-28112018c.pdf

Caring for a person with dementia. A practical guide, Alzheimer's Society booklet: - https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/get-support/publications-factsheets/caring-person-dementia-practical-guide