CarersUK Digital Resource Launched!
CarersUK Digital Resource
Sefton Carers Centre are pleased to announce that we have teamed up with Carers UK to launch a new digital resource platform to support Carers across Sefton.
Carers UK have been supporting carers for 60 years and have used all their specialist knowledge and experience to develop this Digital Resource to reach as many Carers as possible and provide practical, financial and wellbeing support.
This platform provides a significant number of specifically created resources for carers such as e-learning courses, specific and in-depth guides, advice to support Carers and more.
Getting Started
- Visit the Carers Digital Platform – Click Here (https://carersdigital.org/login/?)
- Click on the ‘Register’ button
- Enter the access code “Sefton“
- Enter your name, email and create a password
- Check your email and confirm your email address
Success! You now have access to all the resources available and can start exploring everything the platform has to offer.
Digital Resource Platform
The platform covers various different topics and you can discover more about these through your own pace and your own choice.
For example: If it’s advice that you need around benefits or how to manage somebody’s else’s affairs then the Financial Planning section can help. If you want to understand your employment rights as a Carer then you’ll find all that out in the Working & Skills section.
There is so much to discover through the Carers UK Digital Resource that can be useful to you in your caring role.
Carer E-Learning
The platform also hosts many informative videos and e-learning material to support you as a Carer that you’re able to complete at your own pace and can pick up where you left off in your profile page should you wish. The following E-Learning is hosted on the platform:
Your rights as a carer – This bite-sized course gives an overview of carers’ legal rights, including the right to an assessment, looks at carers’ statutory rights at work and gives an overview of financial support available to unpaid carers.
Help with finances for carers – This bite-sized course gives an overview of the financial support available to unpaid carers and those they look after. We outline key benefits and other financial help for health costs, debt, household finances, disability-related expenses and pensions.
Having the care conversation – This course prepares you to have the care conversation and looks at how others can help support you in making the care conversation easier.
Thinking ahead: the cost of care and support – Caring is a life event that you don’t plan for but could have a major effect on you and your finances. This course will help you understand the cost of care and support, the impact of caring on work and the impact of caring on household expenditure and will discuss how to manage money and what help might be available: the cost of care and support.
Managing someone’s affairs and protecting them from fraud – This course looks at understanding mental capacity, the different ways to manage someone’s affairs in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland and how to use services to help keep someone safe.
Aids, home adaptations and equipment to support caring – This course looks at aids, home adaptations and equipment that can support someone to live more independently for longer. It provides information on the different types of aids and equipment to support care and caring, where to find products and how to fund them.
Technology to support care and caring – This course looks at the different types of technology-enabled solutions available to help make life easier for carers and those they look after.
About Me: building resilience for caring – This e-learning course will help you understand how to build a support network, find local resources and services and will give you tips to help you in your caring role. It will also help you understand the benefits of technology and how it can support you and the person you look after.
Working and caring – This e-learning course covers your legal rights, flexible working and leave arrangements and explores topics such as telling your employer and colleagues you are a carer and leaving and returning to work.
You and your wellbeing – This e-learning course is designed to help you build strategies to maintain your physical and emotional wellbeing whilst caring for someone.
Coping with stress as a carer – This course looks at the signs and symptoms of stress as well as an overview of the causes and its impact and provides useful information and tips on ways to manage stress.
Managing sleep as a carer – This course looks at why sleep is important, the causes and impact of poor sleep and provides information on ways to improve sleep quality.
Coping with behaviour that’s challenging – This course looks at understanding behaviour that’s challenging and its impact to carers and provides support and strategies for coping.
Managing difficult emotions as a carer – This course looks at feelings and emotions you may experience as a carer, the steps you can take to help recognise and manage your emotions as well as looking at how others may be able to support you.
Managing time – This course looks at why it is important to make time for yourself as a carer and the different ways in which you can manage your time more effectively.
Nutrition and caring – Carers UK has teamed up with Nutricia to develop an e-learning course which aims to help carers understand the role of nutrition both for themselves as well as the person they are looking after.
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