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Carers Leeds

Carers Leeds . Support for family members and significant others . Carers Leeds . Carer – someone who, without payment provides support to a partner, child, relative, friend or neighbour, who could not manage without their help

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Carers Leeds

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  1. Carers Leeds Support for family members and significant others

  2. Carers Leeds • Carer – someone who, without payment provides support to a partner, child, relative, friend or neighbour, who could not manage without their help • Service offers support, advice, social and leisure events to carers in Leeds

  3. Drug and alcohol development work To lead and co-ordinate the multi agency service development approach in Leeds Focusing on: • Maximising the support provided by mainstream treatment, carers’, primary care and community services for adult family members and significant others affected by someone else’s drug and/or alcohol misuse • Building the skills, knowledge and commitment of services to family members and significant others

  4. Family member and significant other Research and policy acknowledges: • The role of family members and significant others in supporting the person using substances • The need for family members and significant others to have support in their own right • The role of family members and significant others in the recovery agenda

  5. Family member and significant other Involvement of family members or significant others in treatment care planning • Enabling fuller information to be accessed • Focus on specific care planning goals • Increasing understanding of what the service is working towards with the service user • Increasing knowledge of relapse prevention and after care requirements

  6. Family member and significant other Support for family members and significant others in their own right: • Accessing factual information • Emotional support, acknowledging the impact of addiction and dependency • Exploring choices for change • Increasing confidence and skills to address own needs • Meeting with others in similar situations

  7. Family member and significant other Contacts from April 2011 to August 2012 456 Group and events contacts from April 2011 to August 2012 220

  8. Carers Leeds • Group support Last Tuesday of each month 12noon to 1.30pm Last Wednesday of each month 5.30pm to 7pm • One to one support Emotional support, increasing knowledge and understanding of issues relating to drugs and alcohol, exploring choices for change and signposting to community services

  9. Carers Leeds • Workshops What About Me? • Multiple Choice and Carers Leeds Service users and family members share experiences

  10. Any questions ??

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