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Description

Caring for a Relative: Organising Daily Life, Protecting Your Balance and Managing Work

Two days to sustain your role alongside a relative without sacrificing your health or your career

  • 2 days — 14 h
  • In-person or virtual
  • Foundation
  • Up to 6 participants

Supporting a relative who is ill, living with a disability or dependent arrives without warning in an already full life. Appointments, administrative steps and constant worry fill the evenings and eat into working days. Many carry this alone and say nothing, until exhaustion sets in.

This 14-hour programme is designed for employees supporting a relative. It helps you organise daily life, identify the people and services you can call on, set limits within the caring relationship and reconcile this role with your professional activity. Exchanges between participants play a central part throughout.

Learning objectives

  • Describe your situation as a carer and the real load it represents
  • Identify the professionals and sources of support available around your relative
  • Organise daily life to reduce repeated emergencies
  • Set limits within the caring relationship without guilt
  • Identify the working arrangements that can be discussed with your employer
  • Recognise your own warning signs of exhaustion

What makes this programme different

A safe space to exchange with people living the same situation
An individual map of the support available around your relative
Preparation of the conversation to hold with your manager

Programme

1Recognising your role as a carer

Real load and effects on daily life

  • Describing the situation and the tasks you take on
  • Estimating the time and mental load involved
  • Identifying the effects on sleep and health
  • The carer's place among the other people involved

2Identifying support around your relative

Contacts, relays and respite time

  • Identifying the professionals involved with your relative
  • Seeking information from local services and providers
  • Sharing tasks within the family
  • Solutions that allow you to step back occasionally

3Sustaining the caring relationship

Limits, emotions and guilt

  • Recognising what you can and cannot take on
  • Expressing a refusal to your relative or to the family
  • Handling guilt and criticism
  • Preserving the relationship beyond the care itself

4Reconciling care with your professional activity

Organisation, arrangements and confidentiality

  • Choosing what you wish to share at work
  • Preparing a conversation with your manager
  • Exploring adjustments to organisation or working hours
  • Recognising your warning signs of exhaustion and the help available

Who is it for

Employees who regularly support a relative who is ill, living with a disability or dependent, together with employee representatives and managers concerned by these situations.

Prerequisites

No prerequisites

Dates & locations

36 scheduled dates between November 2026 and December 2027. Seats are confirmed in the order enquiries are received.

November 2026

December 2026

January 2027

February 2027

March 2027

April 2027

May 2027

June 2027

September 2027

October 2027

November 2027

December 2027

None of these dates suit you? We open additional sessions on request, and any programme can be run privately for your team.

Practical details

Before the programme
Online positioning questionnaire. Your development objectives are shared with the trainer, who tailors the practical case studies to your context.
Teaching methods
Theoretical input, workshops and practical case studies. Digital course materials and method sheets provided.
Assessment
Multiple-choice tests and role-play exercises. Assessment of learning at the start and end of the programme, with immediate and 60-day follow-up evaluations.
After the programme
One year of access to the e-learning platform. Self-assessment of the skills acquired and a 30-day follow-up session with your trainer.
How to register
Registration online or on the basis of a quotation.
Lead time
11 working days after confirmation of registration.
Accessibility
Accessible to people of determination. Contact our accessibility coordinator to design a suitable solution: contact@mpf-academy.ae
Start dates
Rolling intake: in addition to the scheduled sessions, this programme can start on request.