Carer Awareness

DATE:

6 January 2009

21 May 2009

TIMES:

10.00am - 4.30pm

TRAINER:

Sam Lloyd

This is a multi-disciplinary training course which aims to raise participants’ awareness of issues that affect carers. The course is highly participative and provides an environment where participants can explore the issues with experienced trainers in a structured way.

SUITABLE FOR

·        health service staff

·        social care workers

·        education sector employees

·        local authority staff

·        voluntary sector workers

·        General Practitioners

AIMS

·        to raise participants’ awareness of issues affecting carers

·        to consider the impact of new legislation concerning working carers

·        to gain an awareness of the physical, emotional and social stresses of caring

·        to recognise the importance of carer input to effective service delivery

·        to have an understanding of how recent legislation, national and local strategies will shape future support and services for carers

INCLUDES

·        key carer statistics

·        group work

·        common and individual experiences

·        the impact of caring

·        what rights do carers have?

·        assessing carers’ needs and support plans

·        action planning – taking this work forward