Training Workshops for Individual Employers (IEs) and Personal Assistants (PAs) in England
- Are you a Personal Assistant (PA) or Individual Employer (IE) aged over 18 working in adult social care (including prospective PAs/IEs under a structured programme)?
- Do you support someone with a severe learning disability whose behaviour is described as challenging?
- Are you based in England?
See if you are eligible for a range of free training workshops funded by Skills for Care and express your interest on the form below.
Expression of Interest/check eligibility
Background
The CBF is delighted to receive funding from Skills for Care to deliver a range of workshops. These workshops support learning and development, to improve the knowledge, confidence and skills, of Personal Assistants (PAs) and the family carers who employ them Individual Employers (IEs).
Here is a list of eligible participants:
Individual Employers (IEs) over the age of 18:
- Employers who are self-funders – use their own money
- Employers who receive adult social care direct payments from their local authority
- Employers who are using NHS Personal Health Budget
- People (aged 18 or over) who are thinking about becoming an individual employer (pre-employer training) who have already been pre-approved for a personal budget by their local authority or personal health budget or who will be responsible for funding their own care – this should be part of a structured programme.
Personal Assistants (PAs) over the age of 18 employed or contracted by IEs:
- PAs employed using a social care direct payment
- PAs employed using a personal health budget
- PAs contracted as self employed
- Prospective PAs (pre-employment training) as part of a structured programme
Workshops
Workshops are all 4.5 hours (including breaks) and delivered online to up to 15 participants (limited replacement care/support costs available).
The following workshops will be available between September 2024 and March 2025:
Positive Behaviour Support
Understanding Challenging Behaviour and Supporting Behaviour Change form a two-part workshop set about Positive Behaviour Support. The workshops facilitate partnership working, to enable staff and families to work together to identify appropriate individualised behaviour support strategies that can be used consistently in all settings. The workshops are suitable for both professionals and family carers.
Communication and Challenging Behaviour
This practical workshop is an introduction to the links between communication and behaviour. This workshop is aimed at anyone who wants to understand how to improve communication with individuals with severe learning disabilities and in turn improve their quality of life, choice and behaviour.
Pica Behaviour (eating inedible objects)
The CBF’s Pica Awareness workshop is specifically designed for professionals, support staff and family carers who are supporting children, young people or adults who have severe learning disabilities and display Pica behaviour (eating inedible objects) and/or polydipsia (drinking fluids).
Whole family approaches
Our whole family approaches workshop is developed for professionals who would value the opportunity to engage in a reflective and practical course to improve practice around family centred approaches.
Participants have the opportunity to explore how embedding family-centred approaches enhances a strengths-based approach to collaborative working with families.
Trauma Awareness – understanding and responding to family trauma
The workshop facilitates professionals’ understanding on the experiences of families navigating health, social care and education systems and the layers of trauma they experience throughout this. It explores the factors that contribute to traumatic experiences and encourages professionals to reflect on how their service can prevent or mitigate any further trauma to families.
You can express your interest in the training workshops by completing the form below.
If you have any questions or queries, please email workshops@thecbf.org.uk or call 01634 838739