Training
Shropshire Council provide funding for training for employed PAs and individual employers. So, this training is free.
Careskills Academy
Shropshire PA Noticeboard is able to offer free access for a limited number of employed PAs to Careskills Academy. Careskills Academy offer an e-learning programme covering a wide range of knowledge and skills relevant to working as a personal assistant. The courses include courses such as autism, dementia, continence care, safeguarding and much more.
If you are currently employed as a PA supporting someone in Shropshire or you are an employer with PAs and are interested in accessing free e-learning please contact pa.noticeboard@shropshire.gov.uk for further information.
Other 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 direct.payments@shropshire.gov.uk
Online Personal Assistant Training Tickets, Thu 13 Feb 2025 at 10:00 | Eventbrite
If you have ever wondered how Personal Assistants are different from more traditional care, this course will explain everything.
Angie Stewart has employed Personal Assistants for the last 26 years. She will share her experiences and talk about every aspect of the job. You will learn why disabled people fought to be able to have a Direct Payment so they could employ their own Personal Assistants and the difference this makes to people’s lives.
Including the topics of equality, diversity, and confidentiality, you will have a jam packed day.
Understanding the Role of a PA – Online Session Tickets | TryBooking United Kingdom – 4th March 2025
- Boundaries and expectations of the employer and employee relationship
- Employer and employee responsibilities and legal requirements
- Skills development, what is available locally?
- Record keeping
Kcil (Kingston Centre for Independent Living) have links to a lot of relevant training, including the following.
- Relationships
- Tuesday 10th December, 6pm – 7pm
Inside your employer’s relational life. This is a module designed to train PAs in how to support their employer around other people, from their partners, friends and family to work colleagues and strangers. This reflects some of the themes in our existing training but is more focused on how the PA might be required to support the disabled employer in very obvious ways and more subtle ones. It can be challenging for PAs and PA employers to navigate social spaces and relationships, and this is designed to give PAs the skills to address this confidently with employers, understanding and meeting their needs.
Thursday 12th December, 9:30am – 12:30pm
Friday 24th January, 10am – 1pm
Friday 21st February, 9:30am – 12:30pm
Tuesday 18th March, 10am – 1pm
Monday, August 11, 2025 · 10am – 12pm
See our Shropshire Direct Payment website for more information on training.
For Employers
If you are an employer and/or a person who receives a direct payment from Shropshire Adult Social Care then you can receive funding for training courses relevant to your employer role and for your employed PAs to support you more effectively.
Your home employment/public liability insurance policy that you will have in place may provide some free online employers training, please get in contact with them.
For Personal Assistants
If you are working as an employed PA, your employer can help to arrange and pay for suitable face to face or online training.
If you are a self-employed PA then you are responsible for paying for any training you are required to or wish to attend.
For further information see Training | Shropshire Council