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Stirling Carers Centre
65-69 Barnton Street
Stirling
FK8 1HH
Molly Feinmann (Young Carers Education Officer)
molly@stirlingcarers.co.uk
Group Exercise
What do you think a young carer is?
What kind of task do you think a young carer does?
Practical Support
Carers Assessments
Aids and adaptations
Basic advocacy
Form Filling
Advice and information
Signposting and referrals
Financial
Benefits checks
Form filling
Funding/grant applications
Advice and information
Emotional Support
Peer / group support
‘One to one’ support
Telephone support
Signposting
Home visits
EPiC E-Learning Module: this e-learning module covers the knowledge and skills for level 1 of the EPiC core principles: Carer Aware. It doesn’t take long, is certificated and available through the EPiC website.
Joint project of NHS Education for Scotland (NES) and the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) to implement the workforce education and learning elements of Caring Together, the Carers Strategy for Scotland 2010-15.
Aim to support workers from health, social care and other services to work in partnership with carers and young carers, and to achieve better outcomes for all involved in the caring relationship.
Go to www.knowledge.scot.nhs.uk/equalpartnersincare for a full version of the core principles as well as learning resources and practice examples to help you work more effectively with carers and young carers.
To achieve this, they have developed a set of core principles for working with carers and young carers.
Young carers are children or young people who help look after a member of the family who is sick, disabled, has mental health problems, or is misusing drugs or alcohol.
The average age of a young carer is 12 years old.
The average age of a young carer is 12.
The 2001 census identified 175,000 young carers in the UK.
Why might young carers struggle to access higher education?
Carers Trust 2014
Case
95% of young carers said caring affected them being able to spend time with friends
62% of young carers said that caring affected them joining clubs and groups
69% of young carers said caring affected them having a holiday
NEED STAT ON MENTAL HEALTH
Rural/Urban Support
One to One Support
Support Group / Short Break provision
Young Carer training
Advice and Information
Advocacy
Educational Support
Partnership working with 47 schools in Stirling Council area- Signed charter
One to one & group support available in schools
Awareness raising delivered to both pupils and school staff
What challenges do young carers face in their day to day lives?
College Development Network 2014
Being afraid or not wanting to leave the person they care for
Not getting in because they have poor results due to challenges they faced in school
Financial problems resulting in them being unable to afford university or to leave home
Fear of struggling with the work load
Low self confidence
72% of young carers said they enjoy attending university
Carers Trust 2014
What are the barriers to higher education?
What is a young carer?
Today we will be talking about:
What can be done to help?
What challenges do young carers face?
Molly Feinmann
Young Carers Education Officer
WORKSHOP: Young Carers and The Barriers to Accessing Higher Education