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Training to help you provide care

There may be times when some parts of caring become difficult. Or you find you have to do something you've never done before and don't know where to start. If this is the case for you it is worth checking to see if there is help available to find easier ways to get things done.

The sort of things you may be able to get training for include:

• back care
• first aid
• using computers, specifically as a carer
• stress and time management
• assertive communication
• workshops for carers of people with learning difficulties (covering benefits and future accommodation needs)
• changing lives, changing relationships
• complementary therapy

Training courses

Here are some training courses that you may find useful -

• Safeguarding Adults - training for carers
  Free events for unpaid/family carers to find out more about protecting people they care for and West Sussex County Council's safeguarding adults process and procedures. The events will look at: what is abuse? how to recognise signs of abuse; suspicion of abuse; how to report it; and what happens next. There will be a chance to ask questions. Lunch will be provided. The events will take place from 10am-3pm on:
  Thursday 9th October - Martletts Hall, Main Hall, Civic Way, Burgess Hill RH15 9NN
  Wednesday 15th October - Fishbourne/Bosham Room, Chichester College, Westgate Fields, Chichester PO19 1SB
  Monday 3rd November - Doric Suite, The Charmandean Centre, Forest Road, Worthing BN14 9HS
  Booking must be made by Friday 3rd October. Contact Judith Rumke, Tel: 01243 756843 or email judith.rumke@westsussex.gov.uk

• Overdose training by St John's Ambulance
  Training for anyone caring for a friend or relative who is misusing drugs or drink. To find out more contact St John's Ambulance on 01293 523213.

• Volunteer advocates wanted by Advocacy for Independence added 4.1.08
  Advocacy for Independence (AFI), which is run by the Independent Living Association (ILA), is looking for volunteers who can spare some time to be advocates for disabled people and their carers. Training is provided and duties range from making phone calls to undertaking research. The AFI helps disabled people and their carers to represent themselves when dealing with organisations, companies and individuals. Volunteers must provide two references and agree to a CRB check. The next course takes place in February. Further information is available on 01903 219482.
• Back Care Workshop - Carers Support Service, Worthing and District added 29.1.08
  Workshop with a qualified Back Care Advisor looks at moving and handling the person you care for safely. Tuesday 16th September, 10am-1pm, venue to be confirmed. Booking essential - Tel: 01903 528600.
• Moving On Workshop - Carers Support Service Worthing and District added 29.1.08
  If you were a carer but have been bereaved or the person you cared for has gone into residential or nursing care, it can be difficult to pick up the threads of your life. This workshop looks helping you do this. Sandwich lunch offered at £2. Weds 29th October, 9.30am-3pm; venue is at The Rowans, Steeple View, Worthing.
• Learning for Living - online learning for carers - Information about 'Learning for Living'.
• Pavilion Training
www.paviliontraining.com - training for carers to learn new skills, how to deal with emergency situations and increase their employability. Courses cover first aid, food hygiene, and health and safety.

• First Aid Action - a first aid online course from BBC Health
• A-Z Education Training - courses on many social caring issues, including protection of vulnerable adults, bereavement/loss, challenging behaviour, attachment theory, assertiveness, safer caring, training the trainers, child protection, psychology, dementia, elder abuse, key working, listening skills, etc. Courses held mainly in Punnetts Town, East Sussex but occasionally in West Sussex. Phone/Fax: 01435 830411. Email: a.zoffice@btinternet.com

You can get more information from:

West Sussex Carers Support Services (formerly West Sussex Carers Network)

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