Scottish Government

ISBN 978 0 7559 9503 5
DPPAS 10109

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Contents

Introduction

Part 1: Good Practice

1 Aberdeenshire Council
a. Carer Involvement
b. Rainbow Rogues
Carer Involvement
Information
Advice
Support
Respite

2 Alzheimer Scotland
a. Moving On Together
b. Dementia Carers Support Group
c. Home Support
Support
Information
Advice
Short Breaks

3 British Telecom
Carers in the Workforce

4 Care for Carers Edinburgh: Stepping Out - Short Breaks
Short Breaks (including for BME carers)
Respite

5 City of Edinburgh Council
a. Partnership Working (including NHS Lothian)
Carers Assessment Tool
Support
Information
Carers Assessment

6 Dundee City Council
a. Carers Rights Day
b. Short Break Guide
c. Future Matters Group
Carers' Rights
Short Breaks
Information and Advice

7 Edinburgh Development Group - Support Older Families Initiative
Support
Training and Advice

8 Equal Futures: Circle of Support
a. Circle of Support - Kinross
Circle of Support - Perth
Support
Health and Well-being
Information

9 Falkirk Council - Short Breaks Bureau
Short Breaks
Respite

10 Glasgow Association for Mental Health ( GAMH) - Carers Support Service
Information
Advice
Awareness

11 Glasgow City Council
a. Glasgow Carers Services - Short Breaks
b. Working with Carers as Partners
c. Glasgow City Council Self Assessment for Carers
Short Breaks
Training
Carers Self Assessment

12 Inverclyde Carers Centre
a. Time-Out Inverclyde
b. Short Breaks for Carers
c. Counselling
Health and Well-being
Information
Short Breaks
Counselling

13 Inverclyde Respite Forum - Gie's a Break
Short Breaks DVD

14 Marks and Spencer
Carers in the Workforce

15 MECOPP - Care at Home Service
Support
Care at Home

16 National Association of Adult Placement Schemes ( NAAPS) - Shared Lives
Shared Lives
Support

17 National Schizophrenia Fellowship (Scotland)
a. Edinburgh Carers Support Project
b. Dumfries and Galloway Carers Support Service
c. Prospect
Information
Support
Training

18 NHS
a. Fife
b. Greater Glasgow and Clyde
c. Lothian
Information
Advice
Training
E-Learning

19 North Ayrshire Council - Short Breaks and Holiday Service
Short Breaks

20 North United Communities - Glasgow - Family/Carer Support
Support
Assessment

21 Parkinson's Disease Society
Training
Information
Support

22 Perth and Kinross Council
a. Life Coaching
b. Carers Conference
c. Complimentary Therapies
Coaching
Support
Information
Advice
Health and Well-being
Consultation

23 Quarriers Break-Away Fathers Project
Advocacy
Support
Information
Advice

24 Renfrewshire Council
Self Assessment
Training

25 Scottish Consortium for Learning Disability ( SCLD) - Local Area
Co-ordination ( LACs)
Information
Advice

26 South Lanarkshire Carers' Network
Training

27 South Lanarkshire Council - Time to Think About
Information
Health and Well-being
Advice

28 Tayside Carers Support Project - Liaison and Collaboration Initiative
Support
Information

29 The Princess Royal Trust
a. Preventing Crisis for Carers - Moffat
b. Relaxation and Stress Management Information
Advice
Health and Well-being
Training

30 VOCAL (Voice of Carers Across Lothian) - Carers Counselling
Counselling

31 VSA Carers Services
a. VSA Carers Service Aberdeenshire
b. VSA Carers Service Aberdeen
c. VSA Carers Centre Male Carers Events
Information
Advice
Support

Part 2 Young Carers - Good Practice

32 Action for Children, North Lanarkshire Young Carers Project
a. Schools Project
b. Young Carers Health
c. Young Carers Training
School Support
Identification
Health
Training
Information

33 Dumfries and Galloway's Young Carers Strategy
Engagement
Planning
Identification

34 Dundee Carers Centre - UPBEET
Young Adult Carers
Support
Training

35 East Ayrshire Carers Centre - Alpha Venture Employability Centre
Young Adult Carers
Training
Employment

36 East Ayrshire Council - East Ayrshire Carers Centre
Substance Misuse
Support
Training

37 Edinburgh Young Carers
a. Older Young Carers
b. Girls Group
Older Young Carers
Support
Information
Training

38 For Highland's Young Carers, Integrated Children Services Plan
Engagement
Planning

39 Lead Scotland - Aberdeen Foyer
Support
Training

40 NHS Borders - Young Carers Voice
Engagement
Planning

41 NHS Fife and Fife Young Carers
Identification
Information
Training

42 Princess Royal Trust for Carers - Mental Health Development Worker
Mental Health
Information
Training
Support

43 Princess Royal Trust for Carers - Toolkit on Young Carers for Primary School Teachers
School Support
Identification
Workforce Training

44 Skye and Lochalsh Young Carers Project
a. GP Project
b. School Based Support
c. Police and Fire Service
Identification
Support
Information
Training

45 Stirling Young Carers Schools Project
School Support
Information
Advice

Part 3 - Carers and Young Carers Stories

1 Paul: Double carer for wife with multiple sclerosis ( MS) and daughter with cerebral palsy

2 Sally: Carer for adult son with verbal dyspraxia and learning difficulties

3 Parent Carer: Double carer for young son with Asperger's Syndrome and young son who is autistic

4 Fathers: A selection of fathers' quotes

5 Eileen: Carer for mother who is frail and who has a combination of medical needs

6 Carer: Carer aged 85 for adult son (age 43) who is autistic

7 Karen: Carer for adult son with obsessive compulsive disorder and Asperger's Syndrome and for partner who has a brain haemorrhage and has epilepsy

8 Louise: Carer for adult son (23) who has severe mental health problems

9 Carer: Carer for partner who has obsessive compulsive disorder

10 Parent Carer: Carer for son who has schizophrenia

11 Parent Carer: Carer for daughter with border line personality disorder

12 Mary: Carer for her teenage son who has a learning disability

13 Carer: Carer for several members of family with various conditions

14 Carer: Carer for mother who is partially sighted and father who is terminally ill

15 Two Carers: Who were carers for their mothers who both had Alzheimers

16 Parent Carer: Cared for daughter who had cerebral palsy

17 Parent Carer: Carer for two sons both who are diagnosed as profoundly deaf

18 Carer: Carer for several members of family and son who has a mental disability

19 Carer: Carer for partner who has mental health problems

20 Carer: carer for husband with multiple sclerosis and has young son with physical disabilities

21 Sibling Carer: A young carer for brother who has Dysmorphic Syndrome and learning disabilities

22 Graham: A young carer for mother and younger sister

23 Donna: A young carer for mother

24 Jenny: A young carer who cared for family during father's terminal cancer

Annex A: Contact Details for Good Practice
(where available)