Course : Supporting caregivers in the workplace: the key role of HR and managers

Maintaining individual and collective balance

Practical course - 2d - 14h00 - Ref. ADG
Price : 1360 € E.T.

Supporting caregivers in the workplace: the key role of HR and managers

Maintaining individual and collective balance


New course

More and more employees are combining their professional lives with the role of family carer, with often invisible impacts on their performance, health and working atmosphere. This training course enables managers and HR professionals to gain a better understanding of the issues involved in caring for a family member, spot the warning signs, adopt a respectful and proactive stance, and put in place concrete tools to support the employees concerned, while preserving the collective balance.


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Practical course
Disponible en anglais, à la demande

Ref. ADG
  2d - 14h00
1360 € E.T.




More and more employees are combining their professional lives with the role of family carer, with often invisible impacts on their performance, health and working atmosphere. This training course enables managers and HR professionals to gain a better understanding of the issues involved in caring for a family member, spot the warning signs, adopt a respectful and proactive stance, and put in place concrete tools to support the employees concerned, while preserving the collective balance.


Teaching objectives
At the end of the training, the participant will be able to:
Identify caregiving situations and their professional impact with discernment
Adopt a respectful, non-intrusive and supportive management style
Mobilizing legal, organizational and relational levers to support employee caregivers
Prevent risks of overload, isolation or disengagement
Create an inclusive team dynamic, without penalizing non-involved employees

Intended audience
Any manager, HR or company employee responsible for supporting an employee caregiver.

Prerequisites
No

Practical details
Hands-on work
Illustrated theory, video presentations, quizzes, analysis and role-playing, peer-to-peer exchanges, sharing of tools adapted to these situations.

Course schedule

1
Understanding the realities of caregiving in the workplace

  • Defining the concepts of family caregiver and close caregiver
  • Understand the human, social and economic issues involved in providing assistance in the workplace
  • Knowing the applicable legal framework and the employer's obligations
  • Identify links with psychosocial risk, quality of life and working conditions, and diversity initiatives
Hands-on work
In pairs, take a quiz and decipher fictitious situations to distinguish between family caregivers and close caregivers. In groups, analysis of key data and cases from HR news to fuel a collective discussion. Individuals, self-assessment of their knowledge of the subject.

2
Spotting weak signals without intrusion

  • Recognizing the pivotal moments in a caregiver's life (announcement, hospitalization, worsening)
  • Identify signals of fatigue, withdrawal or overload
  • Understanding emotional reactions and defense mechanisms
  • Adapting to the diversity of caregivers' profiles and experiences
Hands-on work
À partir d’une vidéo, repérer collectivement les signaux faibles observables. En petits groupes, construction d’un "radar d’observation bienveillante" à utiliser au quotidien. Jeu de rôles, posture d’écoute face à un collaborateur en difficulté.

3
Adopting the right managerial and HR posture

  • Clarifying your role without becoming a social worker or therapist
  • Creating a space of trust without breaking the professional/private boundary
  • Establish a clear and fair framework for listening and support
  • Avoiding awkwardness, taboos or indirect discrimination
Hands-on work
Role-playing between participants on delicate interviews (announcement, return from leave, overload...). In groups, collective identification of "good practices" and "pitfalls to avoid". Individual work, identification of relational behaviors to be favored or avoided in relation to concrete situations.

4
Mobilize internal and external assistance and systems

  • Use existing leave and status (CPA, IJCPA, RTT donations, teleworking, etc.).
  • Identify internal contacts (occupational medicine, social worker, HR, etc.)
  • Referral to external resources: associations, platforms, public schemes
  • Implement personalized arrangements without disrupting the team
Hands-on work
In sub-groups, analysis of practical cases and formulation of layout proposals. Collective mapping, creation of a guide to internal/external resources. Role-playing, simulation of an HR interview to propose assistance.

5
Supporting the caregiver while preserving the collective dynamic

  • Integrate equity issues into the team in line with employees' rights and duties: avoid tensions or jealousies
  • Enhancing the skills developed by caregivers (resilience, prioritization, etc.)
  • Preventing caregiver isolation and guilt
  • Simple tools: DESC, OSBD, emergency plan, HR toolbox
Hands-on work
Création collective d’une fiche "10 leviers pour soutenir un salarié aidant sans fragiliser l’équipe" ou rédaction d’un guide personnel de conduite relationnelle. En binômes, utilisation des outils DESC et OSBD sur des scénarios de communication. En individuel, auto-évaluation et rédaction de son plan d’action "manager aidant capacitant".


Dates and locations
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REMOTE CLASS
2026 : 26 Mar., 22 June, 14 Sep., 7 Dec.

PARIS LA DÉFENSE
2026 : 19 Mar., 15 June, 7 Sep., 30 Nov.