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Carers Rights Day 2024: Support from Devon Partnership NHS Trust
Posted by Devon Partnership Trust on 20th November, 2024
Carers Rights Day, taking place on Thursday 21 November, helps carers across the country recognise and understand their rights as a carer, and the support that they can access. Thousands of people across the country become unpaid carers for their partners, friends and family members, but many do not see themselves as carers and are unaware of the help that’s available to them.
TALKWORKS can offer a range of treatment options to carers who may be struggling with increased stress, anxiety or sleep difficulties as a result of their caring duties. All of their support is free to access and includes:
- One-to-one sessions with a therapist (available face-to-face, over the phone or by video call)
- Interactive group courses
- Wellbeing workshops
- Online self-help (accessible 24/7)
You can refer yourself to TALKWORKS without needing to see a GP by completing the online self-referral form on the TALKWORKS website, or by calling the team on 0300 555 3344 (phone lines are open Monday to Friday from 9am – 4:45pm).
Workshops delivered by Devon Partnership NHS Trust (DPT) clinicians and experts by experience are also available for carers and families who are supporting people at risk of suicide and serious self-harm. The aim of the workshops are to increase safety and save lives by making sure that carers and families are more closely involved in safety planning. The workshops will provide carers and their families with the skills and knowledge to manage risk, while also looking after themselves.
Workshop One for Carers: Caring for yourself while caring for someone who self-harms or has suicidal thoughts and actions.
• Thursday 16th January 2025 online via MS Teams: 1pm - 5pm
• Monday 10th March 2025 online via MS Teams: 1pm - 5pm
Carers and families can be left holding high levels of risk when caring for someone who self-harms or has suicidal thoughts, often without support or adequate skills and knowledge. This workshop will provide carers with coping skills and tools to help manage risk in the person they care for, while also looking after themselves and building their own resilience.
The workshop will focus on:
- What we mean by suicidal experiences, self-harm and risk
- Developing strategies to try to keep people and ourselves safe
- Increasing confidence in how to respond, support and help when risk is increasing
- How to help and nurture yourself when feeling overwhelmed and ‘burnt out’
Workshop Two for Carers and Practitioners: Building a shared understanding of carer and practitioner perspectives and challenges in relation to information sharing and consent, to create better outcomes for those at risk of suicide and serious harm.
• Wednesday 4th December 2024 online via MS Teams: 10am - 4pm
• Wednesday 8th January 2025 online via MS Teams: 10am - 4pm
• Monday 10th February 2025 online via MS Teams: 10am - 4pm
• Monday 31st March 2025 online via MS Teams: 10am - 4pm
Communication between carers, practitioners and service users can be confusing and fraught with complexity. It can leave carers feeling isolated and marginalised in the care of those they support, and practitioners concerned and frustrated about how to ‘get it right’. This workshop considers the challenges around information sharing and consent which can act as a barrier to family involvement, and how to overcome these. Aims of the day are to:
- Identify, understand and build on shared experiences of different roles
- Empower those with caring responsibility to feel confident in sharing information and feeling heard
- Empower practitioners to listen, hear and value the voice of the carer
- Develop an understanding of consent and sharing information
- Understand, develop and champion a collaborative approach to care
Both workshops will be delivered by a carer expert by experience and a DPT practitioner.
To find out more information about either of the above workshops or to book your place, please email Georgina Adams, indicating your choice of workshop and your preferred date.