Carers in employment

There are estimated to be at least 3 million working carers in the UK - that is one in seven of the workforce. Twenty per cent of working carers are in full time employment.

Combining work and caring can be difficult. Carers may have to take time off work to look after the person in need.

Organising day care

A guide to the range of breaks offered to carers.

Support for families

We may be able to provide a range of services for families who urgently need support for children.

Local support

• Carers' centres
• Oxfordshire Carers' Forum

Flexible working and family friendly policies

Any good employer should be upfront about its family-friendly policies. Find out whether the organisation offers:

• part-time or flexible working
• working from home (if so, find out how many people are working this way)
• a workplace nursery, or other help for organising and/or paying for childcare
• a working parents' group (if not, what's the management's view on starting one?)
• equal career opportunities for men and women
• the option for a career break.

Find out about working for:

• Oxfordshire County Council
• Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals

Your employment rights

• Carers and employment - DirectGov public service website.
• yourjobrights.co.uk: a guide to your rights as an employee  - a complete up to date guide to your rights as an employee. Also offers fixed price legal advice over the phone.
• Working and caring - Carers UK - information and resources
• Acas: Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service in disputes, conflict, working contracts and hours, parents and carers, redundancy and notice.
• Department of Trade and Industry information - Department of Trade and Industry pages about individual and collective rights at work.
• Multikulti website - useful information available in 13 languages on a range of employment and other rights and benefits

Pension information

• Pension information for carers

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