A carer is anyone, including children and adults who looks after a family member, partner, or friend who needs help because of their illness, frailty, disability, mental health problem, or addiction and cannot cope without their support. The care they give is unpaid.
We support professionals working in Lincolnshire including, but not limited to: practitioners, social workers, health and social care professionals, further and higher education staff, social prescribers, Carer Champions, GPs, nurses and allied medical professionals.
Professionals Support
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The Lincolnshire Carers Service offer and how to identify / support carers. If you would like to organise awareness training for your organisation, please contact employment@carerfirst.org.uk where one of the team will contact you to discuss our bespoke offers including an overview of the Lincolnshire Carers Service, how to identify and support carers.
The Lincolnshire Carers Service offers free support to professionals in Lincolnshire who would like to become Carer Champions for their organisation. If you would like to organise awareness training for your organisation, please contact employment@carerfirst.org.uk where one of the team will contact you to discuss our support offer for Carer Champions.
The Lincolnshire Carers Service offers free support to employers in Lincolnshire who would like to develop their support offer to their working carers through initiatives like understanding carers rights, introducing carer champions, carer policies, carer passports and carer networks. If you would like to organise awareness training for your organisation, please contact employment@carerfirst.org.uk where one of the team will contact you to discuss our bespoke support
We have teamed up with Carers UK to offer carers free access to the Digital Resource for Carers. The Digital Resource for Carers website is packed with helpful information and resources, e-learning modules, hands-on guides and tools to help carers manage their caring responsibilities and look after themselves. It covers areas such as health and wellbeing, practical support, financial support, technology, equipment and home adaptations to support care and caring and work and caring. It also includes free access to carers’ app Jointly.
To get free access visit carersdigital.org and sign up using the free access code DGTL1946.
If you think a carer could benefit from our service, please discuss this with them and obtain consent to make a referral to the Lincolnshire Carers Service on their behalf, alternatively, carers can self-refer directly to the service.