Providing information and supporting involvement

4.1   The council will provide universal information about care and support and support for carers.  Information for carers is available on the following websites:

• the Gloucestershire Carers Hub 
  
  
• Gloucestershire Young Carers  
  
  
• Glosfamilies  
  
  
• the council’s  Your Circle  directory

We will provide personalised information to carers involved with Adult Social Care.

4.2   We will actively support carers to be involved in assessing, planning and reviewing their support.  We will make reasonable adjustments in line with our duties under the Equality Act 2010 and the Care Act to overcome barriers to involvement. Please see also our:

• AIS-Policy2020-under-review.pdf

• Advocacy - what is it? | Gloucestershire County Council

4.3   We will assume that carers are able to make their own decisions about their support. Where this is not the case, we will follow the Mental Capacity Act (MCA) Policy | Gloucestershire County Council