Webinar - Balancing Work and Care: Support and Training for Working Carers

Balancing Work and Care: Support and Training for Working Carers

Combining paid employment with caring responsibilities can be rewarding, but it can also be challenging. Many carers find themselves juggling work commitments, appointments, shifting responsibilities and the emotional demands of caring, often with little time left for themselves.

Join Carers Queensland Ambassador Natasha D'Arcy as she shares her lived experience of balancing employment and caring, along with practical strategies, resources and supports that can help carers remain connected to the workforce while managing their caring role.

In this webinar, you'll learn:

• Common challenges experienced by working carers
• Workplace supports and flexibility options that may be available
• Training, education and employment pathways that can support carers
• Practical strategies for balancing competing responsibilities
• Ways to maintain wellbeing while managing work and care

Who should attend?

• Carers currently participating in the workforce
• Carers considering returning to paid employment
• Family members supporting someone in a caring role
• Employers and professionals wanting to learn more about the experiences of working carers

About the Presenter

Natasha D'Arcy is a Carers Queensland Carer Ambassador and a working carer. Through her lived experience caring for her son, she understands the challenges of balancing employment with caring responsibilities and is passionate about supporting other carers to access the information, resources and supports available to them.