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Caring Together is a leading charity supporting carers of all ages across Cambridgeshire, Peterborough and Norfolk.
At Caring Together our vision is a world with no unpaid carer in crisis, isolated ...
Carer Friendly Tick Assessor
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Summary
The Carer Friendly Tick Award is an accreditation, comprising of four key areas which can make so much difference to unpaid carers.Detailed description
About Caring Together Charity
Three in five of us will become a carer at some point in our life. Caring Together Charity is an ambitious regional charity that provides emotional and practical support, advice and guidance to carers of all ages and their families, as well as opportunities to take a break from their caring role.
Our people
We employ around 150 people with approximately 50% of those delivering homecare in local communities. We are supported by a growing number of volunteers who contribute their time to our work.
Summary of the role
The Carer Friendly Tick Award is an accreditation, comprising of four key areas: Communities, Education, Employers and Health. The award is assessed by carers and intended to be simple to understand and implement. It takes only a few steps but makes a real difference for carers. It is designed to help those who are unsure of how to identify and support carers in your setting or, for those already supporting carers, a way to recognise your great work.
We are looking for carers with lived experience to assess applications predominately in health and employers. We will provide guidance and support on how to assess these applications.
Where you will be based
Working from home, a computer will be needed.
What you will do
· Applications will be sent via email with all supporting evidence and feedback form.
· Ensure applications meet the criteria for each of the Carer Friendly Tick standards.
· Providing constructive feedback and highlight any areas of good practice on form supplied.
Your commitment
· A willingness to attend training and supervision/support meetings as agreed.
· This role is an ad-hoc basis and demand will depend on the volume of applications received. We appreciate that time is precious, and you will be asked in advance if you are happy to receive an application.
Benefits to the volunteer
· Gaining new skills, both practically and personally.
· The satisfaction of knowing you are making an important and valued difference to someone’s life/the work of Caring Together Charity.
· Meeting new people and be part of a friendly team.
· Gaining valuable experience in the social care field within a voluntary organisation.
Our commitment to you
· The opportunity to use and enhance your existing skills and develop new, transferable skills.
· Reimbursement of reasonable travel expenses.
What we need from you
· Basic DBS
Skills and experience
· Lived experience of being a carer
· Ability to clearly articulate feedback
· Ability to use email and word documents
Please do get in touch if you are interested in finding out more, we would love to hear from you!
About Caring Together Charity
At Caring Together our vision is a world with no unpaid carer in crisis, isolated or struggling alone. You can join us in working to make this vision a reality for people who are looking after a family member or friend.
If you are an unpaid carer, we are here to help you. We are here to give you information and advice, and to provide services and support, to make your caring role more manageable, to benefit you and the person you support.
There are over 150,000 unpaid carers across the region covered by the charity: Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Peterborough, and tens of thousands are caring alone behind closed doors. More than three in five of us will become an unpaid carer at some point in our life. We will look after a family member or friend who needs our help because of illness, disability, poor mental health or addiction. Despite how common caring is, many unpaid carers feel they are on their own.
Unpaid carers often find themselves plunged into a caring role with little warning, and feel completely overwhelmed by the heavy responsibilities they shoulder. Many are exhausted from looking after their husband, wife, partner, parent, sibling or child for hours every day, sometimes in addition to trying to hold down a job or bring up children.
We need your help to make sure that even more carers in our local communities receive the practical and emotional support that they need.
Caring Together is a network partner of Carers Trust and has grown significantly over the past ten years, providing more services and more help for family carers and their families across Cambridgeshire, Peterborough and Norfolk.