National resources

Available below, are useful national carer resources to help you with things like mental health, carers’ rights and being a young carer.

There are links to downloadable documents and additional information on this site.

Mental Health

Supporting mental health problems Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Mental Health care in Scotland

Health and Wellbeing

Your Posture Matters Guide to respite services National Kinship Care Nutrition information

Young Carers

Caring within the family Young Carers in Education Booklet for young carers

Emergency

Carers' Emergency Card

Carers’ Information

Carers UK Carers’ charter Carers (Scotland) Act 2016 jargon buster

Self-Directed Support

Self-directed support (SDS) is about you being in control of the support you need to live the life you want, your way. It gives you control of an individual budget and offers choice and flexibility in how it is spent on the support you need.

Guardianship

If an adult is unable to make decisions, you might need legal authority to do certain things for them. If there’s nothing legal already in place – like a power of attorney – giving someone power to do those things, a guardianship order can help.

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Power Of Attorney

A power of attorney is a legal document that allows someone to make decisions for you or act on your behalf in the event that you become unable to.