Hello and welcome to the Worcestershire Association of Carers website.

Here you can gain an insight into the different support services, practical sessions and social groups that we provide, along with all the latest news and events. There are also lots of different ways to get involved so please take a look if you are interested.

Recruitment

The Worcestershire Association of Carers, on behalf of the Carers Action Worcestershire Consortium is currently recruiting staff for the following posts:

• Project Manager – GP Carer Support (1 post) – based in Worcester
   
• GP Carer Support Advisers – (2.5 posts – subject to change) – based in Worcester
   
• Carer Contact Officers – 3 posts – 1 in Worcester (full-time), 2 in Redditch (part-time 18-19 hours)

To apply for a position please complete the application form & the equal opportunities monitoring form and post to the address detailed in the application form. For the Carer Contact Officer post, please ensure to specify which location you would prefer to work in on your application form. The deadline for all applications is the 9th of February. 

Further information can be found in the documents below:

Project Manager – GP Carer Support – application pack

GP Carer Support Worker – job description and conditions of service

GP Carer Support Worker - person specification

Briefing note on GP Carer Support Service

Carer Contact Officer  - job description and person specification (please note this includes the Conditions of Service for Worcestershire Association of Carers, which may differ slightly from Redditch Carers Careline.)

Application Form (same form for all posts)

Equal Opportunities Policy

Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form

Caring News

The latest edition of Caring News is out now. Please click on the picture below to take a look.

WAC AGM

We hope you enjoyed our AGM on the 14th October. Just incase you were unable to come, or if you wanted a copy, we have provided the slides from the three presentations given on the day. (please click on a speaker below to view the slides)

Carole Cumino

Chief Officer, Worcestershire Association of Carers

Keith Hoare

Joint Commissioning Officer, Worcestershire County Council

Simon Trickett

Director of Strategy and Buisness Development, Worcestershire NHS Health & Care Trust