Training for carers
There are several opportunities for carers to access training. These include:
- Training to support you in your caring role for example:
- Moving and handling
- First aid
- Training to support you making a difference:
- Training the trainers - To equip carers with the skills, knowledge and confidence to facilitate training/group-work sessions
- Making presentations - To develop skills and confidence in making presentations
- Being assertive - To develop skills and confidence in presenting yourself
- Managing stress - To help people to recognise signs of stress in themselves and others and to identify ways of managing this
- Recruitment and interviewing - To prepare people for being part of interview panels
- Managing Anger
- Communicating with People
- Meetings and how they work
- Training to help you back into work or other ventures:
- Basic skills
- Confidence
- Skills update
- Courses in certain hobbies/leisure activities
Practical support to attend training
If you want to access training but feel that your caring role might prevent this, speak to you care manager / care co-ordinator or a Carers Development Worker.
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