What's typical in a Carers Assessment?

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NC as paranoid!

I'm keen to know what is considered typical in a carers assessment? We've just had one (DS with SLD and ASD), SW asked to see kids bedrooms so I'm worried they think there is a good protection issue.

Is that normal?

No social worker has ever asked to see DD's bedroom, never mind for a carer's assessment! They are supposed to send you the questions in advance, so that obviously should have been one of them! They should ask you what outcomes you want.

They only asked me two questions - what is your life like, and how is your marriage, so that was probably not standard either!

Hmmm no questions in advance but did ask what our household income was and what our marriage was like aswell. It did all feel just that bit too personal.....

Our son's SW insists on seeing his bedroom every time she visits, she makes it sound like it's protocol. Not that we have anything to hide, but it does get annoying.

Well, I had a joint assessment in respect of DD1 and DD2 by two people, and one of them was in tears!

Oh I'm sorry to hear that checklist, must have been hard all round.

And thanks EggysMom glad it can be normal.

We had the bedroom check too. Not sure what they were looking for as literally a 2 second glance.

We too had DS bedroom checked every time the SW visits. I too wonder what they are looking for.

I don't know why they would ask about household income. If the disabled person is under 18 services are not means tested. If they are over 18 it is the disabled person's own income that counts not that of the whole household.

I don't know what gives them the right to check bedrooms either - they don't have the right of entry, afaik if it's just a S 17 assessment?

I know NoHaudin, when I told her we don't get child benefit due to salary above 40k she said she'd never heard if that as normally her clients don't earn that much. Read into that what you will.

I could so easily be angry about it, fair enough we are ok financially but we are also acutely aware DS will need help long after we are gone so we need to do everything we can to prepare for that.