managers training - supporting colleagues with caring
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Madlen Sayar – Working Carers Co-ordinator
Managers Training - Supporting Colleagues with Caring Responsibilities
Part 1
• Who is a working carer
• Impact of lockdown on caring
• What issues and challenges do working carers face
• Business reasons for supporting them
• What support do they need and what is on offer
Part 2
• Discussion - thoughts and learning around flexibility, support and emotional intelligence in this time.
A carer is someone of any age
who provides unpaid support to family or friends who could not manage without their help, due to illness, disability, mental health issues or a substance misuse problem
A working carer is a carer as above but also employed.
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Who is a working carer?
The impact of lockdown on caring
• More people are caring
• The majority are working
• Carers are stressed and exhausted
• Gap between carers and others reduced
• More understanding of caring issues
• A new understanding of flexible working
Facts and Figures
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It could be any of us at any time….
• Time / Flexibility • Availability • Priorities • Distance • Guilt • Conflict
• Stress and work
What are the challenges for working carers?
The most effective way of supporting working carers
• Supportive line manager/employer
• Flexible Working
• Carers Leave
• Signposting to the right help outside work
Why supporting working carers makes sense
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Turnover of staff Loss of experience
Performance Absence
Reputation Ethical reasons Legal reasons
Transferrable skills
Never Lose Your Best People If You Can Avoid It
HR golden rule
Your organisations offer to Working Carers
• x
• x
• x
• x
• x
Our offer to Leeds employers
• Leeds Employers Forum
• Bespoke training and coaching
• 1-2-1’s for working carers
• Online resources
What can Carers Leeds offer?
Information, advice and support to ALL carers.
Specialist teams include;
• Advice Line
• Dementia
• Mental Health
• Physical Health
• Young Adult Carers
• Parent Carers
• Hospital Support
• Bereavement Support
• Concerned Others
• Working Carers 12
Discussion - thoughts and learning around flexibility and support in this
time
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