Hft's Family Carer Support Service
Hft’s Family Carer Support Service (FCSS) is a free information and support service for family carers with an autistic relative or a relative with a learning disability. To avail of our service, their relative must be aged 16 years or older and living in England.
How can the Family Carer Support Service help you?
We can help in the following ways:
- Ongoing one-to-one support via telephone and email
- Email and letter writing
- Resources designed to simplify complicated topics
- Bespoke workshops about subjects affecting family carers and their relative
- Information and guidance with common topics
Common topics include:
- Adult social care
- Carers’ rights
- Personal budgets, direct payments and care packages
- Financial contributions and disability related expenditure
- Transition from children’s to adult services
- The Mental Capacity Act
- Lasting Power of Attorney, Deputyship, Appointeeship
- Benefits
- Planning for the future