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NEWS 10/01/25

TRAINING

Skills for Care offer funding to pay towards PAs training costs and cover while doing the training. Now available both for employed and self-employed PAs as long as you evidence your self-employed status.

This is the link for employers to apply for the funding on behalf of personal assistants for their training. If any support is needed with the application contact [email protected]

UPCOMING ONLINE COURSE

Thursday 27th March – Free online PA Training from Disability North

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/personal-assistant-training-tickets-1005292947267

What can the PA Training do for you?

Know what being a Personal assistant is all about

Whether you are already a PA or curious about whether this could be something for you, this course will boost your confidence, skills and knowledge.

You will realise how you can enable a person to live their life as they choose.

Partying, family time, work, holidays, and having fun! No two days are the same! Independence is essential to enjoy every moment. You can be the person to enable it to happen.

Support you to find, apply and get the perfect job that you will love.

How you can find your perfect job and storm the recruitment process. It can be a fabulous career, with progression, training and so much opportunity.

A number of Shropshire PAs attending this course recently and found it very helpful.

Other online training

Kcil (Kingston Centre for Independent Living) have links to a lot of relevant training for PAs.

Please see below link for upcoming online training Online Courses – Kcil

See our Shropshire Direct Payment website for more information on training.

National PA Network

Skills for care also run regular national online webinars and a peer support network for individual employers and PAs. See Personal assistants

As soon as we become aware of the next session, we will post it on here.

Drop Ins

The Direct payment team currently offer quarterly virtual drops in for Council staff and direct payment users. If you want to join please get in touch at [email protected]

We are aware that PAs may also appreciate the opportunity to meet with other PAs and the direct payment team to share good practice, any current employment info etc.

If this is something that you may want to be part of or help develop for PAs in Shropshire get in touch at [email protected] so we know whether there is a demand.

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