Supporting Carers Hub
Great Practice / Identifying Carers
Our Dorset Carers Collaboration – Our Dorset ICS Leaflet to Identify Carers
The aim of this initiative was to increase the number of identified Carers in Dorset by creating a leaflet with complimenting poster that was easy to understand and gave clear instructions on how unpaid carers can access support.
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Our Dorset Carers Collaboration – Practical Skills and Learning Opportunities for Carers
The Dorset Carer Partnership Group (DCPG) worked together to coproduce a useful and effective booklet to showcase the training offer for Carers in Dorset Council area and Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council area.
Great Practice / Identifying Carers
Our Dorset Carers Collaboration – Standardising ‘unpaid carer’ coding in Dorset’s General Practices on SystmOne
This project was initiated to standardise how unpaid carers are identified within patient record systems in Dorset primary care services (all Dorset GP Practices use SystmOne).
Great Practice / Campaign
Our Dorset Carers Collaboration – National campaign event coordination
The Dorset Carers Partnership Group (DCPG) aimed to bring information together in one place for carers in Dorset, connecting them to services that can support then and raising awareness of the events taking place throughout Carers Week and on Carers Rights Day.
Info, Advice & Support / Carer Passport
Our Dorset Carers Collaboration – Our Dorset Hospital Carer Passport
The Hospital Carer Passport benefits all unpaid carers who wish to continue their caring role during a hospital admission and provides signposting to external agencies with follow-up support where possible.
Great Practice / Carers Strategy
Our Dorset Carers Collaboration – Carers Engagement in the BCP Carers Services Review
In December 2021, carers of people living in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP) Council area were invited to take part in a local survey as part of a review of carers services and to inform the development of the BCP Carers Strategy. The survey was developed in collaboration with Carers, councillors, and practitioners.
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Our Dorset Carers Collaboration – Better Care for Carers scheme
‘Better Care for Carers’ (BCFC) is an accreditation scheme which provides a model of quality improvement for primary care practices to develop their services to better identify and support people who come to them who are unpaid carers.
Great Practice / Hospital support
Our Dorset Carers Collaboration – Adult Carers Team
Dorset Council have created an internal specialist Adult Carers Team dedicated to the assessment (Care Act 2014) and support of Carers. This includes working with those who have complex and/or safeguarding concerns.
Great Practice / Info, Advice & Support
Carer Friendly Communities Dorset
Forward Carers are on a mission to create Carer Friendly Communities across the country through impactful Carer support, a Carer Friendly ID Card and Carer Friendly Businesses Discount Scheme and Carer Friendly Workplaces programmes.
Info, Advice & Support / Dementia Care
Dementia Support for Carers
East Riding Carer Support Service has recruited two specialist Dementia Carer Support Officer to support carers of someone with dementia.