There are simple measures that you can take to help your staff balance work and caring effectively which can mean the difference between keeping skilled and experienced staff and losing them as they give up work to care. Having a clear and easily accessible Carers’ Policy is a good place to start.

Employers for Carers has produced this simple toolkit to help you:

• think about what sort of approach is right for your organisation
• produce a specific carers’ policy or include carers in existing policies
• reach out to carers in your workforce who might not realise they are caring and enable them to access the support offered in your policies. 

Download:

• EfC Toolkit –Developing a carers policy