Shetland Care Attendant Scheme

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Organisation name: Crossroads Shetland

Contact name: Karen Fraser

Address: Market House
14 Market Street
Lerwick
ZE1 0JP

Phone number: 01595 743 931

Email address: carers@shetland.org

Website address (URL): www.shetlandcarers.org/support/breaks/respite-in-own-home

Service Location: Shetland Islands

Type of break: Befriending, Sitter Service

Care needs catered for: Carer Support, Dementia, Drug or Alcohol Misuse, Hearing Impairment, Infirm and Elderly, Learning Disability, Medical Condition, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual Impairment

Ages catered for: Children, Young People, Adults, Older Adults

How do people access your service: Please contact the service to discuss your care package.

Brief description: Shetland Care Attendant Scheme (SCAS) provides trained Care Attendants to give carers a break in their own homes. This enables the carer to have some quality time to call their own to use as they wish. Carers who may be absent or living away from the person in need of the care are also offered a service to ease their concern or anxiety because they live elsewhere.

This provides a regular opportunity for a carer to take time out from their caring role.

Full service description:

The care attendant provides support in the service user’s own home. Generally, most care and support tasks that would otherwise have been done by the family can be done by the care attendant. This includes personal care tasks but does not include tasks that should be carried out by a nurse or other healthcare professional.

Organisation providing this information: Crossroads Shetland

Quality Assurance Accreditation: Care Inspectorate

Visual Impairment: Staff training e.g. Visual Awareness or Sighted Guide training

Dementia Adaptions: Staff training

Hearing Impairment Adaptions: Staff training

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Listing Last Modified: March 11, 2022
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