The Carers of Children support programme (CCSP)
Somerset St John Ambulance with support
from Somerset
Primary Care Trust provide a carer support
programme to help parents in a caring role. The programme is
provided free of charge and includes
lunch.
The programme is open to all carers over the age of 18 who
provide voluntary care. The courses are run as four three hour
sessions from 10.30am -1.30pm, including lunch, over four-five
weeks.
Is this for you?
If you answer yes to any of the following questions then we can
help you:
- Do you provide care for a child of your family ?
- Would you like the opportunity to gain more skills and
knowledge to help you in your caring role?
- Do you need training in stress management, basic first aid,
safer moving and handling and how to prevent falls?
- Do you want to meet other carers to share experiences, exchange
advice and ideas and at the same time make friends?
-
The programme:
Session
1 Caring and
Basic First aid
Session
2 Parent
Partnership/Managing Behaviour
Session
3 Safer
Moving & Handling
Session
4 Stress
Management & Relaxation
As with CSP, it starts at 10.30 and goes to
1pm followed by lunch – all free.
For anyone finding it hard to leave their
'charges' free sitting can be arranged by
request.
After the St John Ambulance Carers support programme it became clear to me that we are not isolated and that other carers have more difficulties than we have. I am now far more able to cope with the stress and every day caring. Thank you.
Julie Grainger
Ilminster