Summary

Session 1 was intended to get you started on thinking about carers’ experiences and your role in supporting carers in the workforce. The activities depicted here were designed to help you recognise the many roles and responsibilities carers might have and get an idea of how they feel about their situation. You might even be a carer yourself, and if so some of the experiences may chime with your own. In the process of working through Session 1 you probably discovered that carers do a lot of things using a variety of skills and qualities. Many will not appreciate just how skilled they actually are, or what qualities they have.

One of the aims of reflection is to help you recognise your own skills and talents. In Session 2 you will look at how skills, qualities and attributes are developed over time.

Quiz 1 provides evidence that you are achieving the following learning outcomes:

• a clearer understanding of the experiences of carers.

If you need a reminder about the quizzes and the criteria for getting a badge, visit How to complete the course quizzes.

Session 2: Learning by looking at my life over time