Sharing Caring Project
Supporting family carers of adults with learning disabilities in Sheffield, Sharing Caring Project (SCP for short) currently works with more than 500 family carers.
SCP aims to work in partnership with statutory and voluntary services to remove the barriers, inequalities and isolation faced by family carers of people with learning disabilities.
By providing advocacy, accessible information, group and individual support, the project aims to support families to in their caring role and enable them to plan for the future with greater confidence. Much of this is achieved through individual case work, person centred planning and facilitating lunch groups for family carers. SCP organises a number of groups throughout Sheffield, and produces a monthly newsletter.
Making a referral
If you would like to refer a family carer to our project, you can download our referral form and post it to Sharing Caring Project at Norfolk Lodge marked Confidential. Alternatively, you can call us to discuss the possibility of referral. We can only accept referrals if the family carer is aware that it is being made and they have given their full consent. Once we receive the referral, it will be allocated to one of our workers and then contact will be made via the phone. Due to our staff all working part-time, there could be up to a 2 week delay between receiving the referral and contact being made with the family carer.
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