We work with a wide range of professionals, in health, social care, education and the community, to reach out to, identify and support unpaid carers aged 18 plus – adults who are caring for a family member, friend or neighbour in East Lothian.
We can deliver interactive training sessions for your team on carer identification, carers’ issues, carers’ rights and supporting workers with unpaid caring responsibilities. Please contact us on 0131 665 0135 or email centre@coel.org.uk to explore how we can work together.
We also welcome enquiries about partnership working to raise awareness of carers’ issues, to address carers’ support needs and to involve carers in the design and delivery of services that they and/or the people they care for use.
You can find out more about how we support carers directly on our Services page.
You can refer a carer, with their consent, via our online referral form.
If you would like to have a conversation with us about what CoEL offer for carers and the different services that we offer, please contact Catherine Cain on catherine.cain@coel.org.uk.
If you have any questions, please get in touch on 0131 665 0135 or at centre@coel.org.uk.
Resources
The Equal Partners in Care (EPiC) learning resource is for health and social care staff. In your job it’s highly likely that you come into direct contact with carers. By carers we mean people who provide unpaid support and care to another person. They are the family, friends, partners, neighbours, and colleagues of the people you offer services to…and the role they play is vital.
If you don’t encounter carers yourself then you probably support other staff who do. The following resource will help you (and the staff or students you support) to have better conversations and interactions with carers.
The aim is to make a positive difference and improve outcomes for carers…and the people they care for. Click here for the EPiC resource.
