Carers. Services provided specifically to carers will, in principle, not be subject to a charge but this will remain under review dependent upon resource allocation. These are services provided directly to the carer (rather than the person that they care for) which include open access services such as Carers Emergency Card and Carers Education Courses, and simple services provided as a result of an assessment including emotional support or one-off direct payments for a carer’s break. The Carers Strategy will be subject to consultation in the final quarter of 2017/18 and implemented during 2018/19 and attached as Appendix 1.
Carers. In line with the priorities established through the redesign of Carers services the Trust will deliver operational duties to support carers on behalf of Torbay to:
Carers. The staff and student populations of each college have people with key responsibilities as carers. The colleges are committed to supporting such Carers to carry out their respective roles effectively in line with the Scottish Government’s Carers Positive initiative. The colleges will ensure that by 1 April 2018 there are all the relevant approaches in place to meet the requirements of The Carers (Scotland) Act 2018, aimed at supporting Carers in the workplace. The colleges have several hundred carers in their student population in 2015-16 and expect that by the time all the enrolments have taken place for 2016- 17, this will grow. The colleges recognise the importance the Government has attached to the protection and furtherance of the Gaelic language through the National Gaelic Language Plan 2012-2017. Consideration is being given to initiatives such as the promotion of Gaelic (and Scots) language usage through appropriate signage and also through the college websites and short courses where appropriate. Over the past years the colleges across North & South Lanarkshire have had extremely positive Education Scotland reviews, a host of SQA awards, awards from Scotland’s Colleges, Homes for Scotland, and two UK Green Gown Awards. South Lanarkshire College is the only college in Scotland to be formally accredited as Leader in Diversity at level 3, has Platinum Investors in People and won a second UK Green Gown Award in November 2016. It has the highest attainment rates in Scotland for HE full-time students and for students from the most deprived 20% SIMD areas. New College Lanarkshire has been awarded “Best in the UK” at the recent Worldskills event. This is the third “Best in the UK” award at Worldskills over the past four years. The success of students in the region is underpinned by a strong and determined approach to excellence in all aspects of the colleges’ activities. The colleges promote the development of the highest level of skills among their students. The significant achievements of students in a wide range of vocational areas is a key indicator of success and one of the most important KPIs identified in this outcome agreement. Students from Lanarkshire have demonstrated highly successful levels of skills in competitions at Scottish, UK and European level across a broad range of vocational subjects. This Outcome Agreement contains a commitment from each college to contribute towards overarching regional outcomes and targets. It should be read in c...
Carers. In line with the priorities established through the redesign of Carers’ services the Trust will continue to deliver operational duties to support carers on behalf of Torbay to: Provide Carers’ Assessments / Health and Wellbeing Checks for Carers of Adults Provide support to maintain Carers’ health and wellbeing Provide Carers’ advocacy; Promote identification and support of Carers across the wider health/social care community; Provide support to commissioners about market development to meet the needs of Carers and those of the people they care for Ensure Carers’ performance indicators are met. Take steps to address reduced performance in the Personal Social Services Survey of Adult Carers in England 2018-19; Fulfil the Carers’ Strategy 2018-21 Implement NICE ‘Supporting Adult Carers’ guidance In late 2020, consultation will take place with all registered Carers in Torbay about the priorities for the multi-agency Carers’ Strategy 2021-24.
Carers. The College will strive to encourage disclosure from both students and staff of non-education needs such as having carer responsibilities through awareness raising campaigns on the support and potential funding available for carers. In particular we will be part of the Carers Trust ‘Going Higher’ campaign, and we aim to achieve Carer Positive standard. The College is fully committed to engaging students in developing and improving all aspects of our provision and services and in shaping and enhancing their own learning. Our Learning Strategy 2014-18: Empowering Learners clearly sets out or commitment to increase learner ownership of and control over their own learning. We have well- developed and effective processes for recruiting and training class representatives, including the opportunity for returning students to train as “senior class representatives” and take an enhanced role in leading focus groups and training their peers. We engage our students in reflection on and planning for enhancements to learning through our comprehensive biannual Listening to Learners Focus Groups. Our class representatives engage with members of the Senior Management Team through Student Council meetings. We have a strong and active Students’ Association, led by sabbatical officers and supported by a Student Liaison Officer and dedicated administrative support. All of this ensures that the student voice is clearly represented in our processes for self-evaluation, which in turn inform our programme, department and college planning and target-setting processes, including the development of our Outcome Agreement. There is strong student representation on our Board of Management, and representation on board committees, specifically our Strategic Development Committee, which ensures that the student body is also involved in strategic discussions related to our Outcome Agreement and in its approval. Forth Valley College and Forth Valley Student Association (FVSA) are fully committed to the NUS Framework for the Development of Strong and Effective Students Associations. The Student Association regularly carry out evaluation activities against the framework, which is then discussed at their advisory group, which consists of students, officers, College staff and board members, as well as an external student member from another College/University. The Association also carry out annual evaluations using the Student Engagement Framework for Scotland, reviewing SA and College student e...
Carers. The Trust will continue to deliver their legal requirements for Carers of Adults in Torbay and the priorities agreed in the Carers’ Strategy 2018-21: Carers’ Assessments / Health and Wellbeing Checks for Carers of Adults. 2019-20 targets have been met, but 2020-21 will undoubtedly have been affected by the coronavirus pandemic. Support to maintain Carers’ health and wellbeing Carers’ advocacy; Promoting identification and support of Carers across the wider health/social care community, with national recognition of our work in our local hospitals Support to commissioners about market development to meet the needs of Carers and those of the people they care for, particularly around replacement Care Ensuring Carers’ performance indicators are met. Implementing NICE ‘Supporting Adult Carers’ guidance We are working with our STP partner organisations to embed the ‘Commitment to Carers’, where each organisation commits to having an action plan to address the following seven principles:
1: Identifying Carers and supporting them 2: Effective Support for Carers
Carers. The University developed a Student Carers Policy in February 2011. The policy statement sets out the aim to ensure student carers are provided with as much flexibility as possible to facilitate their success. The policy framework includes a draft Student Carers’ Plan to be completed by the student and their Advisor of Studies. The number of recorded Student Carers at the University currently stands at 1076. The University provides a range of support to staff with caring responsibilities, although many of policies and procedures are as applicable to parents as they are to carers. This includes Time off to Care for Dependents Policy (a flexible three days to support staff during emergency care issues) and the Flexible Working Policy. The University will further develop our policy and monitoring process over the next 12 months.
Carers. The views of carers (formal or informal i.e. relatives, friends or neighbours) should be identified. In addition, their own needs and rights should be identified and respected, and their views in relation to this taken into consideration. The carer’s record on Rio must be completed in all cases. Carers are entitled to an assessment of their own needs. This assessment should be carried out in accordance with the current policy of the Authority. it can be carried out simultaneously with, or separately from, the assessment of the needs of the individual. However, it is essential that the needs of the carer are assessed effectively. Safeguarding is led by the Authorities and both Cambridgeshire and Peterborough will be moving towards one MASH as part of the Annual Development Plan. The MASH will initiate ythe investigation of all enquiries. It will hold and close all enquiries that can be resolved with minimal investigation e.g. through a conversation/s with the care co-ordinator, Service User or referrer. At the Commencement Date of the Agreement, work is underway to determine whether Social Work staff will lead all enquiries, or whether this role will be distributed across the multi- disciplinary team. This matter will be resolved under the Safeguarding workstream in the 2019/20 Annual Development Plan. Within this period to reflect the agreed structure, the staffing and financial schedules will be adjusted.
Carers. The Trust will deliver operational duties to support carers on behalf of Torbay to: Support carers; Improve performance on numbers of carers assessment, which has dipped in 17/18; Address reduced performance in the Personal Social Services Survey of Adult Carers in England 2016-17; Redesign of carers services to ensure it is fully allied to the care model and address issues highlighted above.
Carers. (a) A person that an employee has caring responsibilities for may include a person who needs care because they:
(i) have a medical condition, including when they are in hospital;
(ii) have a mental illness;
(iii) have a disability;
(iv) are frail or aged; and/or
(v) are a child, not limited to a child of the employee.
