Carer's week

As part of Carers Week, ECC are working with carer organisations to host webinars to highlight the importance of carer identification and early support offers available to carers. These webinars are aimed at all front-line practitioners and services working across Essex.

Webinars:

Support for young carers: Monday 9 June 10am to 10:30am This webinar by the Youth Service will cover the support available to young carers and where you as a professional can signpost/refer young carers. 

Support for adult carers: Tuesday 10 June 10am to 10:30am This webinar by Action for Family Carers, Carers First, Essex Wellbeing Service and Adult Social Care Connects will give an overview of some of the organisations supporting carers across Essex so that you can be more confident in identifying carers and then signposting/referring to specialist support available.

Supporting carers of people with dementia: Wednesday 11 June 10am to 10:30am This webinar by Alzheimer's Society will raise awareness of some of the challenges carers supporting people with dementia experience, along with examples of some of the key places you can refer/signpost carers too for support.

Advocacy support for carers: Thursday 12 June 11:30am to 12:00pm This webinar by Voiceability will raise awareness of some of the challenges carers experience with themselves and/or those they care for not having their views heard, and provide information on how to access for carers you support who might need this service.

Employers support for carers: Friday 13 June 1pm -2pm 
This webinar by Employers for Carers will cover things employers should consider to support carers in the workforce, including tools and resource templates available.

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