Role overview
Opportunity details
- Remote - Telephone
- Flexible around your availability and that of the unpaid carer but usually an hour a week
- Weekly phone call to support an unpaid carer who is struggling to care for a loved one with a life-limiting illness
How to apply
Apply online nowCarers Champion
Carers champions build short-term meaningful relationships with unpaid carers, helping them to feel supported and valued.
Why we need your help
If you have experience caring for a loved one, your understanding can make a real difference to another carer. As a Carers Champion, you’ll use your lived experience to provide 1 2 1 peer support, helping carers feel heard, understood and less alone.
What this role can involve
Making a weekly phone calls for up to six weeks with an unpaid carer who is struggling to care for someone at end of life. Across these calls you will:
• Listen actively and without judgement.
• Ask open questions to explore support needs.
• Help people identify their own solutions and set wellbeing goals.
• Share personal insights from your own caring experience
• Provide emotional and social support.
Training:
Friday the 23rd of October,
St Christophers CARE
2pm – 5pm
51-59 Lawrie Park Road, London, SE26 6DZ
