Young carers are the subject of public policies in the UK, which aim to address their needs as a group experiencing disadvantage relating to their caring role. These policies are implemented in a way that aims to improve their health and their educational and social opportunities, but left unaddressed is a wider context of inequalities. Nevertheless, inequalities are a feature of the terrain upon which social policies for young carers are developed and implemented. Evaluation of the ways that young carers and their families are impacted by public policies demands an understanding of those inequalities. Academic knowledge of how experiences diverge as a result of multiple intersecting inequalities is so far limited. This paper reports from a study that aimed to contribute greater understanding of the interaction between inequalities, young carers, family life and social policies in England. Ethnographic research methods created a record of care, family life and the impact of social policies. Unequal conditions of care are an important feature of the lives of young people and their families with on-going caring responsibilities. Young carers and their families positioned at the intersection of inequalities of ‘race’/ethnicity, class and disability had different and unequal experiences of support. The paper discusses these findings and explores the implications for social policies and social work practice.

年轻照护者是英国公共政策的主体，旨在满足他们作为一个在照护角色方面处于劣势的群体的需求。这些政策的实施旨在改善他们的健康以及他们的教育和社会机会，但未解决的是更广泛的不平等背景。然而，不平等是制定和实施青年照料者社会政策的领域的一个特征。评估年轻照顾者及其家庭受公共政策影响的方式需要了解这些不平等。迄今为止，关于经验如何因多重交叉不平等而产生分歧的学术知识是有限的。本文报告了一项研究，该研究旨在加深对不平等、年轻照顾者、英国的家庭生活和社会政策。民族志研究方法创造了关怀、家庭生活和社会政策影响的记录。不平等的照料条件是年轻人及其家庭承担持续照料责任的一个重要特征。处于“种族”/族裔、阶级和残疾等不平等交叉点的年轻照顾者及其家人有不同且不平等的支持经历。本文讨论了这些发现，并探讨了对社会政策和社会工作实践的影响。处于“种族”/族裔、阶级和残疾等不平等交叉点的年轻照顾者及其家人有不同且不平等的支持经历。本文讨论了这些发现，并探讨了对社会政策和社会工作实践的影响。处于“种族”/族裔、阶级和残疾等不平等交叉点的年轻照顾者及其家人有不同且不平等的支持经历。本文讨论了这些发现，并探讨了对社会政策和社会工作实践的影响。