For Young People
For Families
For Professionals
For Supporters
At Sheffield Young Carers, we offer training to help professionals:
We have a free e-learning module ‘Young Carers: Identifying and supporting young people with caring responsibilities in Sheffield’.
This course is aimed at professionals working in Sheffield to help you better identify and support young people who have caring responsibilities. The course has been co-designed with young people from Sheffield Young Carers’ Action Group and is CPD accredited.
Learning outcomes: By the end of the course, you will be able to:
The course should take 60-90 minutes to complete, or a bit longer if you look at all the additional resources. It automatically saves as you work through it though, so you can do it in sections if you prefer. (NB: there is no save button - saving is automatic as you work through the course).
Find out more and sign up to start the course here (you will need to create an account to join the course)
We also run three multi-agency courses per year:
Workshop: Understanding and Supporting the Needs of Adult and Young Carers
Thursday 19th November 2026 9:30am - 11:30am (online).
Details of course: Carers often remain hidden, making it vital that professionals are able to identify and support them effectively. This interactive session will provide up-to-date information on the challenges that adult and young carers face, the impact of caring responsibilities on their lives, and how to offer meaningful support. You’ll gain practical tips, resources, and guidance to help you make a difference in your role. The course will also include input from adult and young carers (either in-person or through video).
By the end of the session you will:
On Tuesday 24th November (1pm-2pm OR 4pm-5pm), we're holding a FREE one-hour online webinar for staff members from education settings based in Sheffield that work with children and young people up to the age of 18 . We particularly welcome MAT and school Senior Leadership Teams, including Designated Safeguarding Leads
Learn more about who young carers are, the impacts of caring, and how you can identify and support them in your educational setting.
It is now an expected standard in Ofsted's Inspection Framework that settings have appropriate systems in place to identify and support young carers.
In this webinar, Sheffield Young Carers will give you an understanding of, and tools to identify and support, young carers in Sheffield-based education settings. Sign up today!
Talking to young carers can feel challenging for professionals, but your support matters. In this video, young carers from Sheffield Young Carers' Action Group share key tips to help professionals communicate with them in a respectful and supportive way.
You can download the top tips in infographic form by clicking here.
In 2023, UCAS introduced a new section in the application so students can share more information about their circumstances with the university or college – including whether they have caring responsibilities.
On 8th November Sheffield Young Carers co-delivered their annual training session together with Sheffield Hallam University, the University of Sheffield, and Hepp (Higher Education Progression Partnership) and one young adult student carer who shares his experiences of entering HE. This presentation gives post-16 education staff: