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Individual Employer Funding

As an individual employer you can apply for the individual employer funding to train yourself and your personal assistants (PAs).

This funding can be used to cover training costs to develop your skills as an employer, direct costs of completing training/qualifications, hiring replacement support whilst your usual PA is attending training courses and travel.

Applicable to people who employ their own care and support using an adult social care direct payment (personal budget) or using your own money ('self-funder').

The training has helped my PAs to be more confident and knowledgeable about my specific care needs.

Ella McCance

Individual employer

How to apply

To apply for funding you'll need to complete the application form and send it to funding@skillsforcare.org.uk.

Our guidance document explains more about the funding, how to complete the application form and what documents you need to send with your application.

You can ask for assistance to complete the application form, but only you as the employer can agree to the conditions of the grant.

Application deadline

The deadline for applications is 17:00 on Friday 15 March 2024 and any training that you want to be funded must be started by 30 April 2024.

What will be funded?

The funding can be used for training to develop you as an employer and to develop the knowledge and skills of your PA.

The fund can cover the direct costs of training and qualifications, travel and the cost of hiring replacement support whilst your usual PA is attending training.

Any training that you want to be funded must be started by 30 April 2024.

FAQs

Find answers to frequently asked questions around the individual employer funding.

Individual employer funding FAQs

Approved funding

Already applied for funding? You will be contacted within 30 days if your application is successful, and payment will be arranged directly into your bank account.

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Any questions?

If you have a question about the funding or need support completing the application process please contact funding@skillsforcare.org.uk or call 0113 241 1275.

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Case studies

Read our case studies to hear how have others used the funding to make improvments in their care.

Perveen Ahmad - PA team tailored package training funding

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Perveen Ahmad applied for funding to pay for a tailored package of training for her PAs, including nutrition and hydration, moving and handling and mental health awareness. She said: "None of this would have been achievable without Skills for Care funding."

Ella McCance - PA team course funding

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Ella McCance applied for funding to pay for her team of PAs to do the Care Certificate and other training including equality and diversity, Mental Capacity Act and person centred care planning. She told us: "The training has helped my PAs to be more confident and knowledgeable about my specific care needs."

Pauline Drury - PAs therapy delivery funding

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Pauline Drury applied for funding on behalf of her daughter Natalie, to train her PAs to deliver rebound therapy sessions. Natalie and her PAs have benefit from the training. Her Mum, Pauline says: "It allows us to feel that Natalie is in safe and knowledgable hands when we're not with her."

Sharon Taylor-Brown - PA team course funding

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Sharon Taylor-Brown applied for funding to pay for her PAs to attend training as part of the Care Certificate. She told us: "The funding enabled to training to be delivered in my own home so it was personalised to my needs."

Access our information for individual employers and personal assistants

Our dedicated webpages for individual employers and personal assistants bring together useful information from lots of different places to help with employing your own support.

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