Expert Carer Training
Caring with Confidence Expert Carer Training across Lothian Pilot Project
This two year pilot, funded by Scottish Government, Souter Charitable Trust and PF Charitable Trust, started in October 2007 and involves the four Carer Centres within Lothian – Carers of East Lothian, Carers of West Lothian, VOCAL and VOCAL Midlothian delivering a variety of training courses in differing ways, working with Glasgow Caledonian University who are commissioned to evaluate the effectiveness of the training.
Aims, Objectives and Timescales
The aim of the project is to develop a comprehensive programme of Caring with Confidence ‘expert carer’ training which is determined and delivered locally, meeting the particular needs of carers in each locality and is targeted at those caring 50+hours a week or carers whose health is being adversely affected by their caring situation.
Caring with Confidence expert carer training offers learning opportunities for unpaid carers in a mutually supportive environment, enabling carers to build on their own expertise and gain further knowledge and confidence from health professionals and peer support. The courses are also designed to improve carers’ ability and confidence to self-manage their own caring situation and thus improve their quality of life and those they care for.
Phase one (October 07 – September 08) included the design of evaluation tools and project information, development of seven training courses, delivery of training to 73 carers, recruitment of 50 participants into the evaluation and receipt of interim report from Glasgow Caledonian University.
Phase two (October 08 – September 09) includes taking forward the learning from phase one in the development of further courses across Lothian and assessing the effectiveness with the revised evaluation tool. The final report will be published and disseminated by September 2009.
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