My name is Maria Perkins, and I am a Community Engagement Support Worker for Families First in Blaenau Gwent.
I pledge to work hard to ensure young carers are identified and are offered the support they deserve and are recognised for the valuable contributions they make to their loved ones and our communities.
Families First Blaenau Gwent
Commitments
I commit to – recognising and valuing the role of unpaid carers within my community. I commit to raising awareness of carers, their rights and the support available to them. I commit to supporting my community to be Carer Friendly and ...
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We recognise the importance that young carers have in our community and with our school families. We will raise awareness of carers that they also have rights and the need for support. They have huge input and should be given ...
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As an organisation Age Connects Torfaen recognise that carers play a vital role in our communities. Caring is an important issue that affects our staff, volunteers and clients. We commit to ensure all our staff and volunteers are aware of ...
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We commit to being carer friendly, and working as a collaborative group to constantly improve support to carers at a practical level. As the group contains representation from all five Gwent local authorities, Aneurin Bevan University Health Board and the ...
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As part of my role as a Counsellor at CTSEW, I recognise and value the role unpaid carers play every single day within our society. I understand how exhausting and isolating the caring role can be, especially now, in these ...
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Undy Primary School commits to identifying and supporting young carers within our school. We will ensure all our staff are trained to ensure they understand the policies and procedures that can be put in place to support our Young Carers ...
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As a GP Practice we recognise the importance of our carers, the roles they undertake and the issues they may face. We commit to continually improve that way our carers are identified, informed, listened to and supported within our Practice. ...
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The ISCAN (Integrated Services for Children with Additional Needs) service recognises the valuable role that unpaid carers of all ages play in the local community. We commit to supporting staff who may be carers as well as making staff aware ...
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Really thinking about who in my team is a carer, sharing support and information with them. Offering flexible working, understanding, empathy, support, information, guidance etc on an individualised basis. I will promote policies and documents that support carer friendly conversations ...
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I commit to raising awareness of carers, their rights and the support available to them.
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