Published on: 28th June 2018
From next month carers in Lincolnshire can take part in a new free education and training course aimed at people supporting adults with a mental health problem.
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, in conjunction with Carers First will be running the programme for the first time from Monday 9 July for six weeks, sessions will be taking place every Monday at Discovery House on the St George’s site, Long Leys Road in Lincoln.
The Trust hopes to equip carers, and other members of the family, with the skills and knowledge they need to best support their loved one in the community. The participants will learn what it means to be a carer and what support is available to them, as well as the person they care for.
The programme will cover topics like understanding mental illness and will look at the common mental health conditions, the legal powers used by health services and what these mean, as well as self-help and skills carers can use in a crisis.
An expert panel of health professionals will also be on hand to answer any questions.
Donna Bradford, the Trust’s Carer and Family Lead said it is a great opportunity for carers to find out more about mental health and how carers, patients and health professionals can work effectively together in a ‘Triangle of care’.
We are really pleased to be able to introduce this new course in conjunction with Carers First, which we hope will go some way to equipping carers with the skills and knowledge to support someone with a mental health problem.
It can be a difficult transition for many people when a loved one is diagnosed with a mental health problem and often people don’t know what do to.
We hope that by sharing insight into what it means to have a mental health problem and the types of services and support available, that we will be able to make this transition a little easier.
The course will initially run for six weeks, and providing there is continued interest from carers further dates will be added later in the year.
