Young Carers / Young Adult Carers Worker

East Renfrewshire Carers’ Centre have received funding from The National Lottery Community Fund to employ a Young Adult Carer’s Support Worker. This post will work with young carers/young adult carers providing practical and emotional support on an individual and group basis.The worker will be responsible for working with young carers/young adult carers to identify their support needs and work with partner agencies to ensure that their caring role does not have a negative impact on the young carers’ life.The post-holder will be expected to work 35 hours flexibly across the week to meet the needs of the service with a significant amount of time spent working after school and in the evening. The post-holder will be expected to work in venues across East Renfrewshire, enabling the highest levels of access for young carers.This post is considered Regulated Work with Children and/or Protected Adults, under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007., None specified

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At the Carers’ Centre we provide a full programme of support to carers and young carers. Our ability to do this is supported by donations we receive. All donations received are spent directly on carers and young carers. For young carers donations would contribute to group nights as well as trips and activities to places like the cinema, theme park and bowling. For adult carers we can provide respite and short break opportunities, stress management and relaxation classes, support groups and activities such as coffee mornings when the carer can get away from the house for a short period of time and away from the stresses of being a carer.