Sheffield Young Carers is a Charity set up in 1997 to give young people aged 8-21 in Sheffield who are caring for someone a break from what they do and support them with any difficulties they may be having.

Our staff below are responsible for supporting young carers in a number of ways:

Liz Church- Manager

Liz supports all staff to make sure they provide a good service to young carers. Her job is also to work with the organisations that fund us to keep ensure the service keeps going and make links with other agencies that could help young carers.

 

Laura Selby – Development and Support Worker

Laura supports all our groups for young carers and leads on the group for young carers aged 16-21. She also provides one to one support for young carers when they need it. Laura’s role is also to work with other organisations, such as schools, to tell them about young carers and how they can support young carers.

 

Denise Anderson – Administration, Finance and Support Worker
Denise does some of the office work at SYC, such as administration and the accounts. Denise also leads a regular group for young carers aged 13-16.

 

Stephanie Platt – Support Worker
Stephanie works on a group for young carers aged 12-21 who want to have more of a say about young carers issues.

 

 

 

Seetal Jassal – Young People’s Worker

Seetal leads all our activity groups for 8-12 year olds and a group for young carers aged 12-21 who want to have more of a say about young carers issues. She also provides one-to-one support for young carers who are new to the project or who need extra support. 

Maryam Mahmud - Family Project Worker

Maryam is employed full-time leading the SYC Family Project. This project is aimed specifically at families where there are mental health issues and/or substance misuse issues at home. The project aims to reduce the amount of caring that a young carer does by supporting the person they care for with issues that affect the whole family e.g. debt, housing, benefits, accessing services. Maryam does this by providing one-to-one support and home visits over a 12 week period.

Helen Mather – Fundraising Officer

Helen works part time for Sheffield Young Carers to raise money so that SYC’s work with young carers and their families is able to continue. This involves applying for grants and also encouraging and supporting the Sheffield community to get involved through organising their own fundraising activities.

 

 

For more information about these and our other staff please visit our About Us page