Our carer roles
We have a range of roles across our Trust designed to support carers. Find out more about them below.
Carers champion
A carers champion is a named member of staff working in an area such as a ward or community team. They promote awareness of issues that might impact on carers’ wellbeing and their involvement in the care of service users. They also help to highlight services and initiatives designed to support carers, such as staff carer passports and the Triangle of Care. This is a voluntary role.
Carers lead
A carers lead oversees the work that is carried out in one of our areas e.g. Barnsley, Calderdale, Kirklees, and Wakefield. They help to develop and standardise the way that carers are engaged by supporting the carer champions that work within their area, coproduce carer related resources, promote good practice, and ensure the voices of carers are heard and responded to. A carers lead is expected to chair the carer network and act on issues raised. This is a voluntary role.
Family and friends practitioner
A family and friends practitioner works in the family and friends team. This is a service that works with people who are supporting someone receiving care from a Barnsley mental health service. A family and friends practitioner looks at the various aspects of a person’s life that are impacted on by being a carer. This might include things like encouraging time to follow up leisure activities or how to ‘self-care’. A family and friends practitioner can help carers to learn about and understand their mental health and wellbeing, and develop different ways of responding to situations.
Family and systemic psychotherapist
A family and systemic psychotherapist works with the social networks around a referred person. This might be their family, friendship groups, mental health services or wider care networks. A family and systemic psychotherapist draws on various theories to help the network think about the patterns of interactions that might be occurring, or ways that people view themselves or others that might be contributing to difficulties. This work may be done directly with the family or in consultation with parts of the system. This is a paid role.
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