How To Book a Care Needs Assessment in Surrey

How To Book a Care Needs Assessment in Surrey

Care Needs Assessment in Surrey All local authorities have a duty to make sure that care needs in the community are addressed. Care Assessments are the process used by the council to work out how they can help and what they need to provide. For a general overview on Care Needs Assessments at a national level, please visit our Complete Care Needs Assessment Guide.

Your elderly relative can also undergo a financial assessment separately, to establish how much they will have to pay towards the care they receive from the council.

Alongside these, it’s important that the needs of the carer aren’t neglected. However you define your role in your elderly relative’s life, Surrey County Council may be able to offer you support, advice and information.

How To Apply For A Care Needs Assessment with Your Local Authority in Surrey

You will need to begin your Care Needs Assessment Application process through the Surrey County Council website’s online form. This will involve filling in some details about how any physical or mental conditions may affect your elderly relative’s daily life for an initial assessment.

Surry County Council’s online Care Needs Assessment application form can be found here.

After submitting an online assessment, a member of Surrey County Council’s adult social care team will be in touch to make a face-to-face appointment to meet and talk through the care needs that have been identified.

If your relative is not deemed eligible, the council will still provide you with information about what care and support is available, in the form of local charities or voluntary organisations.

For further information, you can visit the website, or get in touch with Surrey County Council’s social care team through the details provided below.

How To Apply For A Financial Assessment in Surrey

Financial Assessments in Surrey

Social care can sometimes be paid for by the council, depending on your elderly relative’s financial circumstances. To find out how much you are likely to have to pay towards the cost of any support, you will need to complete a financial assessment.

Surrey County Council provide an easy-to-use, online Contribution Calculator to tell you how much you might be asked to contribute towards your care.

The Calculator will ask you about your individual circumstances to work out how much you can contribute to the cost of care. You can help your elderly relative with this, but will need accurate details of their:

  • Savings and investments
  • Income
  • Outgoings (such as rent, mortgage and council tax)
  • Disability related costs (money spent due to a condition or disability)

The calculator will then give you an indication of what your weekly contribution might be. Following this, you can submit your results to the council to open a communication with them around applying for financial assistance. It is likely that you will be directed towards this during the Care Needs Assessment process.

How To Apply For A Carer's Assessment in Surrey

If you take care of someone, you have the right to request a carer’s assessment. A carer’s needs assessment looks at the impact your caring responsibilities have on your life and what social care support you might be eligible for.

You can take Surrey County Council’s online Carer’s Needs Assessment here.

If you are eligible for support from Surrey County Council, your needs could be met by a range of options, including paid services and services provided by the voluntary sector. If you are not eligible, you will be given information and advice on where you can get further assistance.