Carer Awareness training - Social Care

There are places available on the Carer Awareness training – Social Care which is run by Credu as follows:

9th October in NPTC Campus, Theatre Hafren, Llanidloes Road, Newtown SY16 4HU 10.00am – 1.00pm

11th October in Cartrefi Cymru Office, Unit 6, Enterprise Park, Brecon LD3 8BT 10.00am – 1.00pm

Please book your places via Trent self-service or email pwbotu@powys.gov.uk or telephone 01597 827333

Aim:  To raise awareness and appreciation of carers’ roles and their relationship to statutory services within the Social Services and Wellbeing Act.

Outcomes:  By the end of this training session participants will be;

· Aware of their responsibilities to carers
· Understand the complexities of the carer situation
· Be aware of the impact on carers of the caring situation and resulting limitations to individual lives
· Understand the difficulties carers face in getting heard when discussion is around the person they care for

Structure of the training session;

1. Awareness of the Social Services and Wellbeing Act with regard to carers
2. The benefits of outcome conversations
3. Workshop – Carer’s Needs Assessment and Care Assessment with case studies
4. Introduction to the Accessing Public Services Toolkit
5. Carers’ Champions Pack
6. Summary