Carer support at work

Provide additional support such as carer policies, carer networks, and employee assistance programmes (EAP).

Consider implementing a carer passport as part of your carer policy.

Offering flexible working options can help employees with caring responsibilities to fit work around their other responsibilities.

Flexible working can include remote working, compressed or part-time hours.

Find out more about flexible working.

Upskill line managers with practical ways to support carers.

Signpost to what care and support services are available, where to go for financial advice and benefits and ways of combining work and caring.

In Wales there are a range of organisations that can assist you and your employees to create a workplace that is supportive of carers.

Useful resources include:

• Carer’s Trust support for carers
• Carers Wales wellbeing hub
• Employers for carers
• BITC Supporting Carers in the workplace toolkit
• Carers Week website

Create a workplace where talking about caring for people of all ages is encouraged and supported.

Set up and promote ways for employees to talk about caring, such a Carers Network.

Promote and support campaigns such as Carers Week.