Resource Library
Welcome to the Education Network resource library!
As a network member, you can access all of the resources, information and support below to help you identify and support young carers within your setting - it is an expected standard in Ofsted’s Education Inspection Framework (2025) that settings do this.
We also run training sessions for education professionals and settings. Find out more here.
For meeting minutes, attachments from both our schools and post-16 network meetings, and breifings, please contact Shuna Beckett (shuna.beckett@sycp.org.uk).
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Younger young carers resource pack
This resource pack includes a brief overview of younger young carers, plus some links to resources ideas for what you can do to identify and support them.
Younger young carers
Young adult carers in Higher Education resource pack
This resource pack offers a range of ideas and examples of how higher education providers can raise awareness, identify and support students carers in Sheffield.
Higher education
All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Young Carers and Young Adult Carers Report - SYC summary for Higher Education providers
This report compiled by the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Young Carers and Young Adult Carers, explores the impacts that caring has on the future prospects of hundreds of thousands of young people across the UK.
Higher education
Supporting Sheffield-based young carers into Higher Education
These slides will support you to help young carers with accessing higher education, including university applications and links to lots of support resources from UCAS.
Higher education
Year 7 young carers transition leaflet
This leaflet is designed for secondary schools to share with young carers in year 7 when they transition to secondary school so they know that support exists and who to talk to about their caring.
Supporting young carers
Young carer transitions part 2: Supporting young carers
This resource provides practical advice on how education settings can ensure that young people are supported when transitioning from one setting to another.
Supporting young carers
Young carer transitions part 1: Information sharing
This resource covers the importance of information sharing and communication between settings when a young carer is transitioning from one setting to another.
Supporting young carers
Transition programme for young carers in year 5/6
This is a four/five week transition programme for young carers who are primary pupils in years 5/6. This is particularly useful for any pupils who are vulnerable or at risk of not reaching their potential.
Supporting young carers
Positive things about me
A resource designed to help young people with their confidence by encouraging them to focus on positive things about themselves.
Supporting young carers
Panic, stretch and comfort zone with staff guidance
This resource is designed to help young people explore their feelings and what can be done to help improve these feelings.
Supporting young carers
Mindfulness/Take 5 activity
This resource can be used to discuss mindfulness with young people, which includes an activity around senses.
Supporting young carers
Help yourself toolkit with staff guidance
This resource explores how young people can support themselves and build resilience by creating a visual toolkit of all the things they can do when feeling down/finding things difficult.
Supporting young carers
Emergency planning with staff guidance
Emergency planning has been identified as being important to young carers, so this resource supports you to discuss emergency planning with your settings young carers.
Supporting young carers
MyTime Young Carers recording young carers guide
This resource from MyTime Young Carers is designed to guide you on how to accurately record young carers on your management information system.
Identification process and recording young carers
Parents sample identification letter
This letter is for parents to make them aware that their child has been identified as a young carer following on from assemblies to raise their awareness about young carers and questionnaire.
Identification process and recording young carers
Parents sample letter around young carer support in school
This letter is for parents to make the aware that your setting will be delivering assemblies to raise their awareness about young carers, the issues they may face and the impact that caring can have on their lives and education.
Identification process and recording young carers
Identifying hidden and new young carers
This resource is a tool that education providers can use to help you in identifying young carers and educing the stigma that can exist around young carers.
Staff awareness resources and training
Identification process and recording young carers
Young Carers National Voice schools checklist
This checklist was developed by young people involved in Young Carers National Voice to help schools and settings effectively support their young carers.
Staff awareness resources and training
Young Carers National Voice education resource 2023
This resource from Young Carers National Voice shares some of the ways that schools and education settings can help support young carers and their education.
Staff awareness resources and training
Young carer voices on the pressures they face
This resource gives you and your team the chance to listen directly to young carers talk about the different pressures that they face.
Staff awareness resources and training
Young carer case studies for staff training
These case studies are designed for staff to work through and discuss the impact of caring on each young person, the signs that you might notice in your role and any barriers that may exist for the young person in each scenario.
Staff awareness resources and training
'Who Am I' poem
Watch 'Who Am I', a poem written by young carers in Sheffield and then recorded by Young Carers National Voice. The poem discusses who young carers are, what they do and what life can be like for young carers.
Awareness raising - students and families
Parental engagement and breaking down barriers
This resource has been produced alongside schools in our Greater Reach Brighter Futures project and College Network members to help schools and colleges to break down communication, engagement and understanding barriers that can often be a challenge.
Awareness raising - students and families
Secondary school assembly presentation with questionnaire
This presentation is designed for secondary school students and explores who young carers are, what they do, the impact caring can have and what support is available. This also includes a questionnaire, which comes with guidance for staff.
Awareness raising - students and families
Identification process and recording young carers
School awareness raising pack
Awareness-raising is the first step to identification. This pack is full with ideas and links to resources to help your setting raise awareness and reduce the stigma around young carers.
Awareness raising - students and families
Primary school assembly presentation with questionnaire
This presentation is designed for primary school students and explores who young carers are, what they do, the impact caring can have and what support is available. This also includes a questionnaire, which comes with guidance for staff.
Awareness raising - students and families
Identification process and recording young carers
Young carer display board examples
Take inspiration for your settings display board by taking a look at some examples of young carer display boards that other settings have created.
Awareness raising - students and families
Our School Cares 2026
SYC are excited to be running the 'Our School Cares' project for the second year running, off the back of the success of the pilot project.
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Resource for professionals working with younger young carers
Although Sheffield Young Carers only accepts referrals for young carers or children affected by familial substance misuse from age 8, children can become young carers at any age and we can still support settings, including primary and infant schools, to identify and support younger young carers.
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Staff training template
SYC has a developed a staff training PowerPoint you can adapt and deliver to your setting.
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Young carer policy template for schools and colleges
All schools/ colleges should have a policy in place that recognises the needs of young carers and outlines how the setting will identify and address these needs.
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Young Carer Lead information pack
SYC has developed this Young Carer Lead Pack for Young Carer Leads in your setting. It has all the information and ideas you need to help you identify and support young carers all in one place, and is broken down into stages for you to dip in and out of as and when you need.
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