Supporting staff to support carers
As part of The Student Carer Experience in Scotland research, practitioners were asked what would be most helpful in supporting them to support student carers.
Table 3.1 Challenges for college and university staff in supporting student carers
| What would enable you to better support student carers in your role? | Strongly agree | Agree | Neither agree nor disagree | Disagree | Strongly disagree | |||||
| Training on carers and carers’ issues | 8% | 56% | 28% | 8% | 0% | |||||
| Increased capacity | 27% | 46% | 23% | 4% | 0% | |||||
| More information on where to signpost student carers | 19% | 50% | 23% | 7.5% | 0% | |||||
| Greater information on what college/universities have internally to support student carers | 23% | 31% | 27% | 19% | 0% | |||||
| A working relationship with the carers centre local to the college/university | 19% | 42.5% | 27% | 0% | 11.5% | |||||
| Knowing who student carers are | 46% | 42.5% | 7.5% | 0% | 4% | |||||
(Adapted from The Student Carer Experience in Scotland, Martin, 2020, p. 41.)
Activity 3.4 What support do you need?
Timing: Allow around 5 minutes
Take a few moments to consider what would be most useful for you to help improve support for student carers. Have a look at the Resources page [Tip: hold Ctrl and click a link to open it in a new tab. (Hide tip)] to see what’s available.
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