Information and public services for the Island of Jersey
L'înformâtion et les sèrvices publyis pouor I'Île dé Jèrri
The Government of Jersey helps adults and children who have care needs.
Having care needs means you need help with everyday things like:
Your illness or disability might mean that you have to spend more money.
You might not be able to use a bus. You might need to go in a taxi instead.
This costs more money.
The Government gives people the money they need to be independent and have a good life.
Independent means being able to do things for yourself. Or with a little bit of support.
Support available to you from the Government includes:
Long-Term Care Scheme (LTC)
The Long-Term Care Scheme is money to pay for care.
It is called LTC for short.
LTC is for adults who will need care for the rest of their lives.
The care can be in a care home, or in the person's own home.
Before you can get LTC, a social worker from Health and Care Jersey must do a care assessment and a financial assessment.
A care assessment checks what help you need.
A financial assessment checks how much money you have and where you get it from.
To decide how much money you need, they will look at:
You might get money to pay for all of your care.
Or you might get some money to help pay for your care.
Then you have to pay the rest yourself.
To find out more about Long-Term Care (LTC) contact:
+44 (0) 1534 44 44 44
longtermcare@gov.je
Or you can go to the Government building at:
Union StreetSt HelierJerseyJE2 3DN
Long-Term Incapacity Allowance
Long-Term Incapacity Allowance is a benefit some people can get.
Benefits are money from the Government.
It is for people with a disability or a health condition that lasts for a long time.
A health condition is a problem that affects your body.
Things like having a bad back, pain, or problems with your heart or breathing.
Or it could be to do with your mental health.
Mental health is things like your thoughts, feelings and how you cope in everyday life.
You cannot get this allowance if you were born with your disability or health condition.
To get this benefit you must work or have had a job before.
When you work you pay some money to the Government out of your wages.
If you have paid this money you might be able to get this benefit.
You must be 18 or older and younger than pension age.
Pension age is how old you have to be to get your pension.
It is between 60 and 67 years old.
A pension is money you can get you when you are older and stop working.
You must have a medical assessment.
This is a check to find out about your health condition or disability.
To find out more about Long-Term Incapacity Allowance contact:
health.zone@gov.je
Income Support
Income support is money for families who do not have enough money for things like housing and bills.
To get Income Support, you need to have an assessment to look at things like:
If you get Income Support and have a lot of care needs, you might be able to get some more support.
To find out more about Income Support contact:
customerservice@gov.je
Or you can go to the Government building at:
Support for children
Some children need lots of care because they are ill or disabled.
Social workers can find out about the things they need help with.
This is called an assessment.
To find out more about Support for children contact:
+44 (0) 1534 51 90 00
childrenandfamilieshub@gov.je
Child Personal Care Payments
Child Personal Care Payments help the families of children who are unwell for a long time, or disabled.
Your child will need an assessment first to find out what they need help with.
The amount of money you get depends on the help your child needs.
To find out more about Child Personal Care Payments contact:
+44 (0) 1534 44 44 44
Or you can go to the Government Building at:
The Carers Advisor
The Carers Advisor is a person who can give carers help and information.
They can tell you about benefits.
Some benefits help people who are unwell, disabled, or people who are carers.
The Carers Advisor can help you find other support you might need.
And they can answer your questions about being a carer.
To find out more about the Carers Advisor contact:
+44 (0) 1534 44 44 80
carerssupport@gov.je
gov.je