From the Carer's Recognition Act - nice to see it defined:
"Who is a carer?
A carer, for the purposes of the Carers Recognition Act 2005, is a person who provides ongoing care or assistance to someone who has a disability. The disability may relate to a physical, intellectual or mental illness, a chronic disease, a terminal condition or may relate to a person who is frail and therefore needs assistance to carry out daily tasks.
Who is not a carer? (for the purposes of the Act)
Volunteers and paid staff working for agencies are not included in this definition. Neither is a person a “carer” only because of their relationship to the person cared for, or because care is provided to a child placed in the care of a person under the Children’s Protection Act 1993, or some other Act."
I do wish people would stop referring to paid workers as "carers" It's a loaded word and someone who is paid should not have it bestowed upon them.
True. We are paid and employed as carers but the people we support said they want to say we are their support workers so that’s what we all say. Except when we have to put our roles/job titles at the end of emails. Yuk ;-(
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