Wellbeing for parent carers

Carers Support West Sussex provides a service to people across West Sussex who are supporting family, friends, parents or partners with additional needs. They have 2 Specialist Support Workers working with parent carers of children under 19.

A free service by Sussex Community NHS Trust providing support for carers over 18 living in West Sussex. Their aim is to improve both your own health and the health of the person you are looking after.

An independent charity run mostly by parent volunteers. They represent parent/carer views to various organisations and professional bodies to improve county, health and social care services for disabled children, young people and their families.

Reaching Families provide a course on handling stress and building resilience. They also run support groups to help build the resilience and social networks of parents whose children are in mainstream schools.

When your child is diagnosed with a disability, many families feel as if life has been turned upside down. The focus tends to be on finding out more about the disability and making sure you put in place the right support to meet your child’s needs.

However, it is also very important to make sure that your other children understand what the diagnosis means and are given lots of support as they adjust to the changes.

Family Lives is a national family support charity providing help and support in all aspects of family life 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

They will listen, support and never judge and believe that happy children come from happy families.