Carers Champion
As part of the Pledge, you will be asked to nominate a Carers Champion(s) in your organisation.
Your Carers Champion(s) will:
- Become an important contact point for carers
- Be proactive in identifying carers in the workforce by the use of intranet, posters, signs and events.
- Keep staff up-to-date about the support and advice available at work and signpost to other organisations through the following means: MS Teams (or your preferred information sharing platform), leaflets, posters, events and staff notice boards.
- Set up a Carers Network to provide peer-to-peer support and signposting.
- Joint projects with other wellbeing networks in the organisation.
- Lead on maintaining a carer’s register (where the person sits within the HR function).
On completion of the training, DAACSS will update champions through monthly emails and a quarterly forum detailing any new legislation, local and national services, changes to support services and upcoming training and events.
- Carer Awareness
- Supporting a Carer Friendly Workplace
- The Carer Champion’s role
- How to identify & support Carers at work
- Support & Signposting
For further details see our Training section.
