Line manager support
As a line manager it is important to know how to support your employees who are or may become carers
This page amalgamates all specific line manager resources from different sections of the platform into one place.
A manager’s handbook
This booklet is designed to help employers make the most of the business benefits of supporting working carers as well as understand their responsibilities to those carers.
Supporting carers in your workforce e-learning
This course will help you to:
- Understand caring and its impact
- Identify carers in the workplace and their needs
- Outline the business case for their support
- Understand the legal requirements for supporting carers
- Explore practical and sustainable ways in which you and your organisation can support them
- Understand the different nature of caring situations and the range of options available to managers
Creating a culture of trust – a line manager checklist
We have put together a short checklist for managers to refer to if they need some guidance on supporting carers in the workplace.
Starting the conversation toolkit
This practical toolkit will help you:
- start a conversation about caring, whether this is about your own caring situation or that of the colleague(s) you are managing
- raise current and potential future support needs, either for yourself as a carer or for the colleague(s) you are managing
- explore workplace and external support options that may help
- reach out to others in your team who might not realise that they are caring
Line manager script
We have put together a short template script to use as a prompt for a conversation about caring, including about the employee’s current caring circumstances, any concerns they may have about current or future support needs, and any suggestions for addressing these in the workplace.
Staff contingency management toolkit
We have developed a toolkit centred around building caring into workplace contingency plans.
Contingency planning is about being prepared for unexpected or unforeseen events and having a policy in place to keep things running and ensure business continuity. It isn’t just about major crises or natural disasters but can also prepare organisations for more ongoing life-course events affecting their staff and operations.
