Our carer workshops are sessions designed to explore different aspects of caring and are offered in various locations in the county and online on a rolling programme.
Sessions can be between one and two hours long and are open to any carers registered with Carers Northumberland.
The primary aim of each session is to increase knowledge and confidence and to share experiences with other carers – learning from each other and reducing a sense of isolation
Below are just some of the workshops and training we provide but we are willing to consider any aspects of caring that carers may suggest for future sessions.
Guilt is draining! It will impact on our health and well-being.
This workshop talks about:
· How to acknowledge guilty feelings
· Recognising your guilt triggers
· Managing your own guilt
· Keeping guilt in check
What might happen to the person you care for if you cannot do it?
How can we be prepared?
This workshop talks about:
· Short term planning and support with resource ideas
· Longer term choices and how these can be put in place
· Who needs to know what
· Sharing the most important facts that can impact on the quality of care
You have a legal right to say No. Do you feel confident to do this?
Find out how!
This workshop talks about:
· Standing up for yourself as a carer
· Different ways of saying no
· When no is the right word to use
A carer’s life can be stressful! Dealing with stress can impact on both physical and mental health.
This workshop talks about:
· Being OK to say you’re feeling stressed
· What stress might look like
· Sharing our experiences of stress
· Different strategies for limiting the impact of stress
Being a carer doesn't come with instructions, let us help you to work it out.
This workshop talks about:
· Benefits, grants and entitlements
· Physical and technological support
· Your rights as a carer
· Accessing and paying for social care
And much more
All life has its ups and downs. For carers this can change from day to day or even hour by hour. It’s good to know what strategies and support are available when needed.
This workshop talks about:
· Dealing with daily / regular routines including medication
· Managing the unexpected/ whatever gets in the way!
· Meeting your own health and well-being needs
· Allowing yourself to be human
This course will help you understand how to build a help network, find local resources and services and find other areas of support, such as local services and resources. It will also give you tips to support your caring role and help you understand the benefits of technology to support you and the person you look after.
If you spend a lot of time caring for another person it can sometimes feel like you lose track of your own plan in life. Learning for Living is designed to help you recognise skills gained through caring to help you apply those skills in relevant environments such as paid work or volunteering.
Caring is a life event that you don’t plan for but could have a major effect on you and your finances. This resource will help you understand the cost of care and support, the impact of caring on work and the impact of caring on household expenditure and will discuss how to manage money and what help might be available.
This course is designed to help you build strategies to maintain your physical and emotional wellbeing whilst caring.
This e-learning course explores topics such as telling your employer and colleagues you are a carer, your legal rights, flexible working and leave arrangements, as well as leaving and returning to work
This course which aims to help carers understand the role of nutrition both for themselves as well as the person they are looking after.
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