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Carer Research Partnership. Carers as Trainers Linda Bruce RGU Linda Sutherland Carer. Carers as Trainers Setting the scene. New honours degree programme for Social Work Education – Sept 2004 Partnership working Carers as Stakeholders
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Carer Research Partnership Carers as Trainers Linda Bruce RGU Linda Sutherland Carer
Carers as TrainersSetting the scene • New honours degree programme for Social Work Education – Sept 2004 • Partnership working • Carers as Stakeholders • Enhancing students’ learning and professional development.
Carers as TrainersDeveloping our Network • Jill Manthorpe (2000) – acknowledging difference • Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) (2004) – principles of participation • Scottish Institute for Excellence in Social Work Education (2004) – student assessment • Allam et al (2004) – ‘can do’ approach
Carers as TrainersEmbedding Involvement • Carer • How long • Making a Difference • My involvement
Carers as TrainersInvolvement to Date • Developing Protocols • Developing Teaching Tools • Selection Process • Direct Teaching • Module Evaluation • National Developments • Staff recruitment • Conferences
Carers as TrainersStudent’s Response • “It made theories fit into place and made the whole area seem more real” • “I was moved by what I heard” • “It helped me develop my insight into the human side of living with long term illness”
Carers as TrainersCurrent Research • Longitudinal Study – Module Evaluation • Independent evaluation of progress to date.
Carers as TrainersReferences • Allam et al (2004) cited in Consultation Networks: A grassroots method of involving service users and carers in social work education Ager, W., Dow, J. and Gee, M (2004) • Manthorpe. J. Developing carers’ contribution to social work training, Social Work Education Journal Vol 19 No 1 (2000) • Social Care Institute for Excellence ‘Involving service users and carers in social work education’ Resource Guide No 2 (2004)