Carer Research Carer Research PartnershipPartnership

Carer Research Carer Research PartnershipPartnership

Carers as TrainersCarers as TrainersLinda Bruce RGULinda Bruce RGU

Linda Sutherland CarerLinda Sutherland Carer

Carers as TrainersSetting the scene

• New honours degree programme for Social Work Education – Sept 2004

• Partnership working• Carers as Stakeholders• Enhancing students’ learning and

professional development.

Carers as TrainersDeveloping our

Network• Jill Manthorpe (2000) – acknowledging

difference• Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE)

(2004) – principles of participation• Scottish Institute for Excellence in Social

Work Education (2004) – student assessment

• Allam et al (2004) – ‘can do’ approach

Carers as TrainersEmbedding Involvement

• Carer

• How long

• Making a Difference

• My involvement

Carers as TrainersInvolvement to Date

• Developing Protocols• Developing Teaching Tools• Selection Process• Direct Teaching• Module Evaluation• National Developments• Staff recruitment• Conferences

Carers as TrainersStudent’s Response

• “It made theories fit into place and made the whole area seem more real”

• “I was moved by what I heard”

• “It helped me develop my insight into the human side of living with long term illness”

Carers as TrainersCurrent Research

• Longitudinal Study – Module Evaluation

• Independent evaluation of progress to date.

Carers as TrainersReferences

• Allam et al (2004) cited in Consultation Networks: A grassroots method of involving service users and carers in social work education Ager, W., Dow, J. and Gee, M (2004)

• Manthorpe. J. Developing carers’ contribution to social work training, Social Work Education Journal Vol 19 No 1 (2000)

• Social Care Institute for Excellence ‘Involving service users and carers in social work education’ Resource Guide No 2 (2004)