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Midlands and Eastern individual employer and personal assistant network

Skills for Care invites you to a joint network meeting for individual employers, personal assistants and organisations who support them.

Midlands and Eastern individual employer and personal assistant network

Next session: Thursday 4 September 2025 | 13:00 – 15:00 | Online

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Network information

We are delighted that the following speakers will be joining us for this session:

  • Katie Thorn from the Digital Care Hub to talk about Digital Care and Artificial Intelligence.
  • Sarah Bernardini and Maisie Bull from Blue Sky Brokers to talk about the Blue Sky Social Care Card and the PA Hub.
  • Skills for Care to talk about the Care Workforce Pathway.

We will also have an update from Skills for Care on the funding, support, and resources available for Individual Employers and Personal Assistants.

It will be an opportunity to share good practice, highlight new and innovative ways of working and provide opportunities to support and network with others.

 

Future dates

This network will next meet virtually from 13:00 - 15:00 on:

  • Tuesday 13 January 2026

The topics and meeting programme for each network session will be confirmed and communicated nearer the time.

Advance booking is required.

 

Who should attend?

This network is for anyone in the Midlands and Eastern area who are individual employers or personal assistants (PAs) or with an interest in supporting individual employers and personal assistants including user led organisations, direct payment support organisations, personal health budget teams, social workers, and local authority workforce development officers.


Find out more

The Midlands and Eastern individual employer and personal assistant network is facilitated by Skills for Care Locality Managers: