SOUTH LANARKSHIRE CARERS NETWORK LIMITED 

Carer engagement and involvement are crucial elements to both the work of SLCN and in the successful implementation of the Carers Act. If successful, CATS funding will upskill staff in community ....more

Carer engagement and involvement are crucial elements to both the work of SLCN and in the successful implementation of the Carers Act. If successful, CATS funding will upskill staff in community development approaches and methods of engagement, involvement and participation. This will enable us to implement a young carer engagement programme that reaches known and unknown young carers giving them the opportunity to shape a future young carers service. In addition, a carer and volunteer training programme designed to support carers to fully participate in local decision making processes raising the profile on the issues and interests of unpaid carers in South Lanarkshire. This grant will develop staff understanding, improve their skills and assist in the identification of new ways to engage carers in local decision making structures. Delivered by the Scottish Community Development Centre, training will comprise: • An Introduction to Community-led Health: utilising 'Community-Led Health for All: developing good practice', this training will draw on the key competencies set out in the resource to support communities and practitioners to explore how a community-led approach can support healthy communities. • Community Engagement De-mystified: The active participation of communities and service-users in decision making processes and the design and delivery of public services is now a central theme of public policy and service delivery. This introductory training explores the principles, standards, processes and methods that underpin good practice in community engagement. • Health Issues In the Community (HIIC): This is a training programme aimed at increasing community capacity, increasing community participation, and establishing / consolidating community development approaches to tackling inequalities in health. The training will be delivered in the order shown above to enhance staff learning by taking them through a process that starts by introducing the concept of community-led health and how it can help tackle health inequalities, before going on to explore different approaches to community engagement becoming tutors in delivering Health Issues In the Community (HIIC) courses. Staff will develop a deeper understanding of the value of implementing a community development approach to carer engagement and involvement. Following the training, a carer and volunteer training programme will be developed and implemented to increase engagement and participation in local planning structures.

This charity will use funding to provide information to unpaid carers around the Carer's Act and the rights it affords them. This will take the form of outreach information sessions in various public ....more

This charity will use funding to provide information to unpaid carers around the Carer's Act and the rights it affords them. This will take the form of outreach information sessions in various public venues across South Lanarkshire, four information fayres across the local authority and newsletters to highlight current issues to carers.