carer research partnership carers as trainers linda bruce rgu linda sutherland carer

Carer Research Carer Research PartnershipPartnership

Carer Research Carer Research PartnershipPartnership

Carers as TrainersCarers as TrainersLinda Bruce RGULinda Bruce RGU

Linda Sutherland CarerLinda Sutherland Carer

Carers as TrainersSetting the scene

• New honours degree programme for Social Work Education – Sept 2004

• Partnership working• Carers as Stakeholders• Enhancing students’ learning and

professional development.

Carers as TrainersDeveloping our

Network• Jill Manthorpe (2000) – acknowledging

difference• Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE)

(2004) – principles of participation• Scottish Institute for Excellence in Social

Work Education (2004) – student assessment

• Allam et al (2004) – ‘can do’ approach

Carers as TrainersEmbedding Involvement

• Carer

• How long

• Making a Difference

• My involvement

Carers as TrainersInvolvement to Date

• Developing Protocols• Developing Teaching Tools• Selection Process• Direct Teaching• Module Evaluation• National Developments• Staff recruitment• Conferences

Carers as TrainersStudent’s Response

• “It made theories fit into place and made the whole area seem more real”

• “I was moved by what I heard”

• “It helped me develop my insight into the human side of living with long term illness”

Carers as TrainersCurrent Research

• Longitudinal Study – Module Evaluation

• Independent evaluation of progress to date.

Carers as TrainersReferences

• Allam et al (2004) cited in Consultation Networks: A grassroots method of involving service users and carers in social work education Ager, W., Dow, J. and Gee, M (2004)

• Manthorpe. J. Developing carers’ contribution to social work training, Social Work Education Journal Vol 19 No 1 (2000)

• Social Care Institute for Excellence ‘Involving service users and carers in social work education’ Resource Guide No 2 (2004)