Training of Care Givers

 

Introduction

 

        It has often been seen that persons with autism, cerebral palsy, mental retardation and multiple disabilities need constant and life long care of their persons. Care givers have reported that with the increasing age of the child with disability as well as the increasing age of the primary care givers, particularly the mother, providing care becomes more stressful, more demanding, labour intensive, costly and tiring. Although there are no reliable statistics to determine the population of persons with autism, cerebral palsy, mental retardation and multiple disabilities, it is generally seen that those families that have amongst themselves any person having any of the above disabilities go through tremendous physical and financial strains throughout the life of the affected persons. Very often the families do not wish to institutionalize their disabled members, not merely because of cost of institutionalization is beyond their economic means but also because there is an emotional bonding which dictates the decision to retain the disabled family members. The object of the National Trust for the welfare of persons with autism, cerebral palsy, mental retardation and multiple disabilities Act, 1999 is to empower families to retain their disabled members within the family and community.

 

            However, families are often reluctant and / or do not have the financial means for sending a person to an institution of any type. Hence there is a need to bring relief to such families by providing a pool of trained care givers whose services may be hired.

 

 

 

Objectives of Scheme

 

1.           Build up a pool of trained caregivers who may be hired on temporary/permanent basis by  the families that may need it.

2.           To build up a pool of trained professional care givers thereby providing employment opportunity to deserving people.

 

The Government Institute for Mentally Retarded Children has been approved by National Trust to conduct the training programme. The institute started its first training programme in January, 2003.Subsequent batches will start every year in February and August. The programme has training facility for 10 candidates at a time.

 

 

 

Time schedule of the Care Givers Training Programme.

 

This is a six months training programming which is divided into four phases :

 

Phase

Duration

Activity

Phase – I

One Month

-         Identification of families in a specified locality whose service need is to be assessed.

-         Orientation of trainees.

Phase – II

Three Months

-         Training of worker’s on a 3 month’s capsule to be designed/supervised by RCI

Phase – III

One Month

-         Placement in previously selected homes and observation of functioning.

Phase IV

One Month

-         Upgradation of training; if any, on the basis of experience gained during home attachments.

 

Fee Charges                                                   Nil

 

 

Financial assistance by National Trust for Training Programme

 

(a)         Stipends to the trainees @ Rs 400 PM

(b)         Honorarium to training faculty @ Rs 6000 PM

(c)         Travel expenses Rs 10000 for the entire training session to be used by trainees and or guest       faculty.

(d)         Training material of Rs 25,000/-

(e)         Miscellaneous Rs. 5,000/-

 

 

 

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