Closes 20 Jan 2025
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We invite consultees to provide their experiences of the extent to which siblings’ needs are considered during the assessment of a disabled child.
We invite consultees to provide their experiences of the conduct of young carers’ needs assessments.
We provisionally propose that statutory guidance should direct local authorities to consider whether the needs of any siblings need to be taken into account as part of the assessment of the needs of a disabled child.
Do consultees agree?
We provisionally propose that there should be a single duty to assess the needs of all carers, whatever their age.
