Currently being distributed free of charge to young carers projects and local authorities in Scotland, subsidised cost of £64 + VAT for all other areas

Recent policy developments have rightly placed an increased emphasis on supporting young carers and on providing useful and effective services. Key to this is the need for high quality assessment to make sure services are appropriate and relevant.

Over the past two years Information Plus has been working with the Young Carers Alliance, Princess Royal Trust for Carers and our local Crossroads Carers Centre to develop a unique new interactive CDROM resource to help young carers talk about their lives, what the issues and problems are and what help they would find most useful. See if I Care is designed to be interactive, child friendly and up to date both in format and function and moreaccessible, relevant and engaging than traditional paper based tools.

Specifically See if I Care is:

• comprehensive
• attractive
• easy to use
• updateable
• portable
• supported by in built training materials
  

Speaking at the Princess Royal Trust for Carers Young Carers policy conference on 6 November 2007 where the tool was launched, Shona Robison, Minister for Public Health said,

The See If I Care tool will support and complement the Getting It Right For Every Child approach. I welcome this tool being launched today. This interactive tool will provide valuable detail specific to the situation of being a young carer to make sure that help is appropriate, proportionate and timely.

Through funding from the Scottish Government through Princess Royal Trust for Carers, See if I Care is provided free to every Scottish Local Authority and young carers project and is now available at a subsidised rate to other projects and services outwith Scotland.To find out how See if I Care can help young carers assessment in your area see the enclosed factsheet then contact us for a fully working trial version on 30 day approval.

...an excellent resource...young carers loved it and found it much more interesting than the worksheets that I have used in the past

Ashley Smith, Young Carers Officer, Stirling