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Training for carers – necessity or luxury?

Midlothian Carers Centre. The Princess Royal Trust Carers of East Lothian Carers Centre. Training for carers – necessity or luxury?. Jane Marryat National Training Development Officer. A national priority…. Government’s commitment to Care 21 recommendations

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Training for carers – necessity or luxury?

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  1. Midlothian Carers Centre The Princess Royal Trust Carers of East Lothian Carers Centre Training for carers – necessity or luxury? Jane Marryat National Training Development Officer

  2. A national priority…. • Government’s commitment to Care 21 recommendations • The Kerr Report & Delivering for Health • NHS Carer Information Strategies • Long Term Conditions Agenda • Self-Care and Self-Management

  3. Care 21 recommends that ‘expert carer’ training should… • be delivered locally • contain generic and condition-specific information • focus on carers of people with long term conditions or giving intensive care • be fully accessible • build on existing good practice • be free to carers

  4. What currently exists? • Lots of good but un-coordinated and under-utilised activity • Inconsistency in range, access and quality • Highlands and MECOPP project • Caring with Confidence three year project in England

  5. Caring with Confidencetraining programme • Across four Carers Centres in Lothian • Delivering 18 courses in two year pilot • Training 100 plus carers • Mainly caring for 50 plus hours per week • Courses extend from one day courses to 8 weekly two hour sessions

  6. Courses • Caring for someone with a long term condition or disability • Information Days • Caring for someone with: - mental health problems - who has had a stroke - dementia - a lung condition • Moving and Handling course • Managing the emotional impact • Caring for someone and looking after yourself

  7. Evaluation • Glasgow Caledonian University – School of Health and Social Care • 50 carers recruited to evaluate courses • Evaluation tools – pre and post questionnaires, course evaluation form • Focus groups and interviews • Online questionnaire for those delivering sessions

  8. Evaluation findings • Participants were very positive • Carers found the courses were useful, informative and delivered in a way that meets carers’ needs • Specific findings include: • Information was relevant • The style of delivery was pitched at the right level • Participants felt listened to and able to speak during sessions • The presenters and facilitators were crucial to the success of the course • The atmosphere of the courses was supportive

  9. Evaluation findings • There was measurable consistent positive movement in • Increase in carers confidence • Increased knowledge and caring skills • Increase sense of ability to provide care • Feelings of being less stressed

  10. How can you benefit from this project? • The final evaluation and project reports will be published in September 2009 • Information about the project including the course content leaflets are on: - www.carers.org/professionals • Happily share information and experiences

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