Training
Shropshire Council can provide funding or help obtain funding from Skills for Care for training for employed PAs and individual employers. Some training costs via Skills for Care can be obtained for self-employed PAs
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 look through training courses/info below please apply and/or contact [email protected] for further information. If any courses are not free please get in touch.
PA and Employer 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 they evidence their self-employed status.
Please look for training courses for yourself as an employer Employing a PA | Shropshire Council or for your PA Training | Shropshire Council as well as online courses that skills for care are involved with such as PA Training Courses – Kcil
This is the link for employers to apply for any costs/funding on behalf of personal assistants for their training. If any support is needed with the application contact [email protected]
Other Training coming up
Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service invites you to attend our free fire safety in the home awareness training, available to those who visit/support/care for people in the community. For example: carers, volunteer groups, partner agency professionals. Please share this email with any team members or partners, you feel would benefit from this training.
This is an interactive session led by our Prevention Officers helping care professionals to identify fire risks within the homes you visit.
We cover:
- What are the main causes of accidental house fires.
- What makes someone more at risk of having a house fire.
- Home escape plans.
- Services provided by Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service.
- Online Home Fire safety check tool for partners.
Below are dates and times for the upcoming look and refer session in your area. To book, please click on the preferred link below and it will take you to Eventbrite. Places on the courses are free.
Ellesmere Fire Station – Friday 19th September 2025 – 10:00AM-11.30PM
Ellesmere Fire Station – Friday 19th September 2025 – 14:00PM-3.30PM
If you would like information on Look and Refer sessions in alternative locations within Shropshire, please contact [email protected] or 01743 260200.
- Experiencing Dementia includes Virtual reality dementia experience (is a cost to course)
Venue: Partners in Care-Shrewsbury
Mon 13th Oct 2025 | 9:00am – 4:30pm
Feedback from recent attendee “I attended the Ethical Workforce Solutions training in Experiencing Dementia Course in June 2025 and highly recommend the course to anyone who is supporting someone with dementia, whether as a care professional or family member.
It was interactive and full of insightful information.
You will not be disappointed; Ash [Nelson] and his team are full of knowledge and ideas which will get you thinking and empathising with those you are supporting with dementia.
The course was very well paced, informative and fun.
It will change your perspective and give you deeper understanding.”
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I’m pleased to let you know that free training (September & October) will soon be available for personal assistants who support individuals aged 16 and over across Shropshire as part of the Get Yourself Active Local programme. Disability Rights UK will be providing online and face to face training for the paid and unpaid social care workforce including PAs in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin to give carers the knowledge, skills and confidence to support Disabled people, and those living with a long-term health condition, to be more physically active. See leaflet 25.06 FINAL Get Yourself Active Local – Health & Social Care workforce
Please complete your Expression of Interest from leaflet or via https://sholink.to/GYA-HSC by 31st July
- Kcil (Kingston Centre for Independent Living) have links to a lot of relevant training, including the following.
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. Please also see here about training courses for employer Employing a PA | Shropshire Council
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.
The Shropshire Direct Payment Team run regular drop in sessions for employers for queries please email us for next session/invite on [email protected]
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 may be responsible for paying for any training you are required to or wish to attend. Your customer however may be able to apply for some funding via skills for care (see above)
For further information see Training | Shropshire Council