Workshop - Carers and Social Care Research
Wednesday 7
November 2012, 13.30 - 16.30
- An estimated 315,000 unpaid carers aged 16
to 64 in England, predominantly women, have left full-time or
part-time employment to provide care.
- The public expenditure costs of carers
leaving employment are estimated at £1.3 billion a year.
- Access to publicly-funded services by
working carers is low, with only 4% of carers working full-time, and
6% working part-time, currently offered an assessment or review.
- Councils should use services for cared-for
people as a means of supporting carers whose employment is at risk
- Service flexibility is vital to ensure that
support can be tailored to get the best for, and from, carers.
"These are some of our
emerging messages.
Carers are an integral part of the care and support system. Yet we know
little about them and the support they need to do the job they do. There
is much to be learned about unpaid carers and the role of social care in
promoting work and other opportunities. Within the NIHR School for Social Care Research,
we have commissioned research which is exploring some of the keys issues
relevant to carers and the use of adult social care services. This
workshop will share some of our emerging findings, and is an opportunity
to discuss making use of the results".
Professor Jill Manthorpe, Associate Director SSCR
Venue:
London School
of Economics and Political Science, London. Exact room information will
be circulated to registered delegates.
Programme:
13.30 Registrations and
refreshments
13.40 Welcome and introduction
Professor Jill Manthorpe, Associate Director, SSCR
14.00 Social care practice with
carers: an investigation of practice models
Jo Moriarty and Jill Manthorpe, King’s College London
14.20
Recent
survey evidence about unpaid care
Theresia Baumker, Linda Pickard and Derek King, University of Kent and
London School of Economics and Political Science
14.40 Carers and personalisation –
what is the role of carers in assessment,
support planning and managing personal budgets, especially for people
with cognitive or communication impairments?
Caroline Glendinning & Wendy Mitchell, University of York
15.00
Overcoming barriers: unpaid care and employment in England - the
Scoping Study
Linda Pickard, London School of Economics and Political Science
15.20
Improving employment opportunities for carers identifying and sharing
good practice
Alice Sinclair, Institute for Employment Studies
15.40
Overcoming barriers: unpaid care and employment in England - the
Follow-on Study
Linda Pickard, London School of Economics and Political Science
16.00
Discussion
16.30 Close
Each presentation will provide a summary of a
study, up to 3 key points and 3 key emerging findings, and will be
followed by a discussant who will make brief comments on what they have
heard.
Registration:
Register now by email to
sscr@lse.ac.uk
as places are limited.
Registration fee:
This event is free to attend.
