What is a student carer?
A student carer is a student who provides unpaid support to someone who could not manage without this help. This could be caring for a relative, partner, or friend who is ill, frail, disabled, or has mental health or substance misuse issues.
Caring roles can be different for all student carers and can regularly change but some examples can include the following:
- practical tasks (for example cooking, housework and shopping)
- physical care (such as helping someone out of bed)
- personal care (including helping someone dress)
- helping someone to give their medication
- managing the family budget
- managing prescriptions and medication
- helping someone to communicate
- looking after siblings
- providing emotional support
At Bradford College we appreciate that juggling a caring responsibility and your studies is not easy. That’s why we have dedicated and trained staff to provide you with support and ensure you get the best out of your time with us.
Other useful contacts
| Carers Resource | ww.carersresource.org |
| Your local Carers’ Resource office (Bradford) | 15 Park View Court, St Paul’s Road, Shipley BD18 3DZ 01274 449660 |
| Your local Carers’ Resource office (Harrogate) | 11 North Park Road, Harrogate HG1 5PD 01423 500555 |
| Yout local Carers’ Resource office (Skipton) | Ronaldsway House, 36 Brook Street, Skipton BD23 1PP 01756 700888 |
| Your local Carers’ Resource (Ripon) | Community House, Sharow View, Allhallowgate, Ripon HG4 1LE 01765 690222 (call to arrange a visit) |
| Barnardos | Queens House, Queens Road, Bradford BD8 7BS |
| Barnardo’s – Bradford Young Carers Service | Bradford Listerhills, Unit 40-42 Listerhills Science Park, 20 Campus Road, Bradford BD7 1HR 01274 481 183 / 01274 513300 Email: [email protected] Visit: www.barnardos.org.uk/bradfordyoungcarers |
| Carers UK | Advice and support for carers and the people they care for. 0808 808 7777 (Monday to Friday, 10.00am to 4.00pm) Email: [email protected] Visit: www.carersuk.org/help-and-advice |