Managing Your Career While Caregiving

For employees balancing caregiving with their career who want to protect their progress.

Format
Live online or in person
Length
60 minutes
Topic
Family, Parents & Caregivers

About this session

The sandwich generation didn't ask for the role — but they're carrying it anyway. Built specifically for the "Managing Your Career While Caregiving" context, this session stays concrete and respects your team's time. Built for people who are already doing the hard bit.

What your people take away

  • Access the Carers UK support lines and local peer networks
  • Navigate the three questions to ask on any care-home tour that cut through the marketing
  • Apply the NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC) fast-track pathway — most people never hear about it
  • Ask the Carer's Allowance eligibility rules and how to apply in under an hour
  • Build the practical scripts for raising caring responsibilities with a line manager

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What’s covered

The Support That's Already There

What exists and how to access it

  • Find your local Caregivers' Center — services and respite vary wildly by region
  • Look at NHS Continuing Healthcare eligibility if care needs are primarily health-related
  • Pursue Attendance Allowance (over 65s) or PIP (under 65s) for the person you're caring for
  • Look at NHS Continuing Healthcare eligibility if care needs are primarily health-related

The Caregiver's Wellbeing

  • Your own oxygen maskBuild two hours of non-negotiable respite into your week — walking, peer group, bath, anything

Work, Flex, Conversations

  • Holding onto work while caringKnow your legal rights — right to request flexible working, right to unpaid Carer's Leave (UK, from April 2024)

How booking works

  1. Book online. Create a free Workbliss profile, then pay with session credits, by card or by invoice.
  2. Pick a date. Choose a date at least 14 days ahead, or book now and set the date later.
  3. Choose your expert. Within 3 working days, we send you profiles of the experts available for your date.
  4. We deliver it. Your expert is briefed on your people and goals, then runs the session live online or at your site.

Questions about Managing Your Career While Caregiving

How long is Managing Your Career While Caregiving?

Managing Your Career While Caregiving runs as 60 minutes. You choose the length when you book.

Can Managing Your Career While Caregiving be delivered online or in person?

Yes, both. It runs live online, so every office can join at the same time, or in person at your site, in any country.

How do we book Managing Your Career While Caregiving?

Create a free Workbliss profile with your work email, then open Managing Your Career While Caregiving to see the price for each length and book it. You can pay with session credits, by card or by invoice, and choose a date at least 14 days ahead, or set it later.

Who leads the session?

A vetted Workbliss expert, briefed on your people, culture and goals before the session. After you book, we send you profiles of the experts available for your date within 3 working days, so you can choose who leads it.

Can it be tailored to our company?

Yes. Every session is shaped around your goals, your people and the benefits you already offer, and delivered by experts in your people’s languages.