SUPPORTING CARERS AND FAMILIES TOGETHER

"To relieve the social, emotional, mental, physical and educational needs of Carers and their families in the county of Essex through the provision of support, person and group centered interventions, advice, guidance and sign posting to other services as appropriate".

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YOUNG CARERS

Who are young Carers?Children aged 18 and under who care, or help care for a relative with: A physical or learning disability...

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ADULT CARERS

Caring is motivated by love and compassion and can be rewarding and fulfilling but emotional and physical demands on you can be...

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REFERRALS

Do you know a carer that may need a bit of help? Fill in our secure referral form and we can provide a range of support.

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VOLUNTEERING

See how you can get involved with SCAFT. View our current paid vacancies and volunteering opportunities here.

WELCOME TO SCAFT

The object of our organisation is to relieve the social, emotional, mental, physical and educational needs of Carers and their families in the county of Essex through the provision of support, person and group centered interventions, advice, guidance and sign posting to other services as appropriate.

We offer the following carer support:

Young Carers aged 6-18

Adult Carers

Are you a Carer?

Do you look after or care for a family member, friend or who has:

a physical or learning disability

mental health condition/illness

long term illness/condition including age related issues, HIV and Aids

drug and/or alcohol related issues

been subject to, or witnessed domestic violence

or perhaps cannot cope without some help.

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SCAFT - Supporting Carers & Families Together

2 days ago

Please remember that as this weeks Rochford Secondary group was a combined one with Rayleigh on Monday, THERE IS NO ROCHFORD SECONDARY YOUNG CARERS GROUP TONIGHT (WEDNESDAY) ... See MoreSee Less

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SCAFT - Supporting Carers & Families Together

1 month ago

In order to ensure better communication we've undergone a bit of an upgrade. Unfortunately this means that a couple of our numbers have had to change, so please note that with immediate effect the mobile numbers for groups sessions are now:

Rayleigh Secondary & Rochford Primary - 07470 011165 - Taylor
Rochford Secondary & Rayleigh Primary - 07470 011145

These numbers are contactable immediately before, during and after group sessions specifically to enable parents to contact us in relation to problems with attendance, transport or in emergencies. At other times calls should be made to the general office number 01268 741811 ... See MoreSee Less

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SCAFT - Supporting Carers & Families Together

2 months ago

Odd socks, we all end up with them! SCAFT are looking for odd socks for an art project later in the year and will happily re-home them for you. Any size or colour will be fine and we will collect them in at group sessions. ... See MoreSee Less

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SCAFT - Supporting Carers & Families Together

2 months ago

Calling All parents of young carers attending our Rayleigh groups at St. Michael's Church. Please be aware that as of the next primary group on Monday 13th January the times of both the primary and secondary groups will change to 5-7pm! Therefore the primary sessions will be half an hour later and the secondary groups will be half and hour earlier. ... See MoreSee Less

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SCAFT - Supporting Carers & Families Together

2 months ago

Congratulations to Lynda Ketteridge and her team at Greensward Academy on becoming the first school in Essex to achieve their Gold Young Carers in Schools Award from Carers Trust ... See MoreSee Less

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WORK WITH US

Young Carers Support Worker | SCAFT

Posted 2 months ago

We are searching for a dynamic, creative and committed Young Carers Support Worker to join our team. You will be working to support children and young […]

Volunteer – Cook

Posted 12 months ago

As part of our evening respite groups for Young Carers we provide the children/young people with a meal and we are looking for volunteers with a […]

Young Carers Session Worker – Rayleigh

Posted 1 year ago

Job Description Job Title: Session Worker Descriptive: With a primary task of supporting the Session Leader to deliver our evening youth sessions to Young […]

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