Achievement Of The Carer Friendly Employer Award
On 12th October 2021, the practice was presented with the Carer Friendly Employer Award!
Working towards the Carer Friendly Award was very rewarding. Being presented with the Carer Friendly Employer Award is a great achievement for the practice and we would encourage all local organisations to engage with this.
What we did
We continuously review what we have in place to support our team and Darlington Carers Support guided us to additional resources and policies that we have implemented to support our team members who also have a carers role.
We carried out a self-assessment, implemented a ‘Carers In The Workplace’ policy, identified a number of employees who are unpaid carers, established carers passports for these employees and also took advantage of the Employers For Carers Digital platform.
Implementing this additional support for those employees in a caring role was a simple and easy process and has gone a long way in reassuring our team that support is available and offered whenever this is needed.