The Flintshire Micro-care Team is here to support Micro-carers and will work with individuals to:
- Support them develop their business or ideas
- Provide advice and information on training, funding and other available support and resources
- Potentially help access some start-up funding
- Support individuals to develop and deliver a quality service in line with current Welsh Government legislation and regulations
- Providing links to a network of other Micro-care providers for mutual support
Whether you already have experience in care or if it is new to you, the team can support you with a wealth of information and resources to get you started. And ongoing support as you grow your business.
The support is free.
Step 1: Complete the ‘Expression of Interest Form’ and return to a member of our Micro-care Team.
Step 2: You will then be invited to meet the team who will give you an overview of Micro-care in Flintshire. The team will discuss your ideas and how they can best support the people of Flintshire who need care and support. At the end of this meeting you will be given a Self-Assessment form. This forms helps you develop your business ideas.
Step 3: You will be invited to a second meeting where you and the team will go through the completed Self-Assessment form with you. The team will agree with you a development plan to help you get your Micro-care business up and running.
Step 4: The next stages may include attending free training courses or development sessions in relation to aspects of social care and running a business, so that you build up the necessary skills, qualifications, expertise and confidence for your business to thrive.
Specific courses may include:
- Business Development
- Care training, via a number of short mandatory care courses. For example:
- Moving and Positioning
- Health and Safety
- Infection Control
- Medication
In addition you can continue to meet with Micro-care officers to develop your thinking and business ideas.
Step 5: You will need to start completing some paperwork within a Quality Framework, which has been designed to help your business develop and also ensure you meet legal and national standards. The Micro-care Team will help you completed this.
Step 6: The Micro-care team will meet with you on further occasions to look at progress made against the Quality Framework and to decide together if you are ready to go and start working as a Micro-carer. At this stage, you can decide that you need a little further support before you start, or that becoming a Micro-carer is not for you.
Expression of Interest form