Young carers are children and young people up to the age of 25 who provide care and support to someone who has a disability, long term illness, physical illness, mental illness, drug or alcohol problem.
During February 2012 Family and Community Services (Ageing, Disability and Home Care) in partnership with staff from the Young Carers program at Carers NSW will be holding regional information sessions promoting new resources to assist frontline staff in identifying and supporting young carers.
The sessions will be open to all interested government and non-government service providers and will showcase a new guide, website and e-learning tool.
The resources and these sessions aim to raise awareness of young carers and help staff to understand more about their experience of being a carer and the types of supports and services that might help them.
Dates and times for these sessions are:
Sydney City 2 Feb 10:00am - 12 noon
Wagga Wagga 6 Feb 10:30am - 12:30pm
Wollongong 8 Feb 10:30am - 12:30pm
Bateman's Bay 9 Feb 10:00am - 12 noon
Sydney South West 13 Feb 10:30am - 12:30pm
Newcastle 15 Feb 10:30am - 12:30pm
Port Macquarie 16 Feb 10:00am - 12 noon
Tamworth 17 Feb 10:00am - 12 noon
Lismore 21 Feb 10:30am - 12:30pm
Sydney West 23 Feb 10:00am - 12 noon
Dubbo 28 Feb 10:30am - 12:30pm
Super session in Sydney City 1 Mar 10:00am - 12 noon
Please book a place by contacting Wendy Sharman on 02 9277 5620 or email wendy.sharman@facs.nsw.gov.au
Additional sessions in these or other locations may be considered if there is sufficient interest, so please let us know if you would like to attend but are unable.
An article which appeared in The Sun-Herald on Sunday Mau 13 2012
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