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Carer Education

Education sessions designed for carers

More than 750,000 Victorians are unpaid carers. Carers Victoria offers education programs designed specifically to help carers build knowledge, skills and confidence to navigate services, strengthen wellbeing and thrive in their caring role.

There are a range of topics covered including:

  • Services and supports for carers
  • Caring for yourself
  • Developing an emergency care plan for the person you care for
  • The art of being assertive
  • Strong boundaries, strong carers

Carers Victoria education program

The art of being assertive

90 min online or 2 hours in person to assist carers to develop assertive communication skills, enabling them to express needs and wants with clarity and confidence. Topics include: The nature of assertiveness; Benefits of being assertive; Developing assertiveness skills
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Caring for yourself

90min online or 2 hours in person. This workshop is not to be overlooked. It explores why maintaining optimal health and wellbeing is so important and offers practical strategies to support self-care. Topics include: Why self-care is essential for carers; What stops carers from caring for themselves; Practical tips and strategies for mantaining wellbeing
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Strong boundaries, stong carers

90 min online or 2 hours in person offering practical strategies to protect the carers' boundaries and in turn their sense of self, and health and wellbeing. Topics include: The nature of boundaries; How having boundaries protects carers; How carers can protect their boundaries
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Services and supports for carers

90 minutes online or in person outlining the support services available to carers and the organisations that provide those services. Topics include: Government funded support services for carers such as Carer Gateway and Victorian Support for Carers Program; Information about carer led and carer focused organisations that provide targeted support to carers across Victoria; The role of Carers Victoria
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Developing an emergency care plan

90 min interactive workshop helping carers prepare for when they can’t provide care as usual due to illness, accident, other emergencies. Topic includes: Why it’s important to have a plan; Kinds of emergencies to plan for; Who might be able to help in an emergency; Key information to be documented in the plan. This workshop is for continuity of care only and does not cover advanced care planning
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Engage with Carers Victoria education offerings

Explore all current online workshops and register to attend.

For information about each workshop, download the flyer. 

    • Art of being assertive flyer
    • Caring for you flyer 
    • Strong boundaries flyer
    • Services and supports for carers flyer
    • Developing an emergency care plan flyer

Have your questions answered on a range of topics through our Carers Ask an Expert program. To attend an upcoming session of Carers Ask an Expert, register here

If you find it difficult getting to a session, learn at your own pace when it suits you with e-learning for carers. Discover the courses available here.

If you are having trouble getting into Carers Victoria’s online workshops we have some tips and tricks and advice here.

For carer support groups

We'll come to you. Ask us to deliver a workshop at your Carer Support Group of 10 or more people. Carer support groups can request an educator to deliver any of the above directly for their group. Contact us. 

Unpaid/volunteer facilitators of carer support groups can participate in free training. This program assists volunteer facilitators build knowledge, skills and confidence to run their support group. Find out more: Carer Support Group Community

Personalised advice. Have a carer educator provide personalised advice to assist you with your carer support group. For one-on-one advisory service for carer support group facilitators, contact us.

Feedback from carers

I really appreciate the resources and the ability to empower ourselves as carers.

The art of being assertive

Very informative on all aspects of caring about what I am going through now and possibly in the future.

Supports and services

Appreciated the speaker had lived experience and understood the needs of the carer.

Caring for yourself

Thank you for coming to our carer support group and presenting the Strong Boundaries, Strong Carers session. I have spoken to some carers and they have spoken highly of the content and how useful it will be. Looking forward to arranging another session for our carers.

Mental health support group facilitator
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