Find training in London and the South East for people who employ their own care and support and their personal assistants.
The Challenging Behaviour Foundation
The Challenging Behaviour Foundation provide a range of training for both people who employ their own care and support and their personal assistants.
Book your place.
Ruils Independent Living
Ruils Independent Living provide a range of training for both people who employ their own care and support and their personal assistants.
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First aid | Monday 11 August, 9:30-16:30 | In-person | Book your place
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First aid | Tuesday 12 August, 9:30-16:30 | In-person | Book your place
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Tackling challenging behaviour | Tuesday 26 August, 9:30-12:30 | In-person | Book your place
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Tackling challenging behaviour | Wednesday 27 August, 9:30-12:30 | In-person | Book your place
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Medication awareness | Tuesday 2 September, 10:00-16:00 | In-person | Book your place
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Medication awareness | Wednesday 10 September, 10:00-16:00 | In-person | Book your place
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Independent employer training | Tuesday 16 September, 11-13:00 | Zoom | Book your place
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Dignity and privacy course | Available until March 2026 | Online, self-paced | Access the training
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Learning disability awareness | Available until March 2026 | Online, self-paced | Access the training
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Mental health awareness | Available until March 2026 | Online, self-paced | Access the training
Action on Disability (AoD)
AoD provide a range of in-person training for both people who employ their own care and support and their personal assistants.
- Moving and handling of people in care
- Medication awareness
- Emergency first aid at work (1 day course)
- Makaton awareness training
- Emergency first aid at work (1 day course)
- Mindfulness
- Emergency first aid at work (1 day course)
- Dementia awareness
Contact dpsupport@aod.org.uk to book. Priority will be given to direct payments employers living in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham and their personal assistants.
Disability Action Haringey
Disability Action Haringey provide a range of in-person training for both people who employ their own care and support and their personal assistants.
- Autism awareness | Tuesday 9 September 2025, 13:00-16:00 | Winkfield Resource Centre | Book your place
- Assisting to move | Friday 19 September 2025, 9.30-16.30 | Winkfield Resource Centre | Book your place
- Being a better employer course | Tuesday 30 September 2025, 13:00-15:00 | Winkfield Resource Centre | Book your place
- Dementia awareness | Friday 3 October 2025, 13:00-16:00 | Winkfield Resource Centre | Book your place
- Dementia awareness | Friday 17 October 2025, 10:00 -13:00 | Winkfield Resource centre | Book your place
- Assisting to move | Friday 14 November 2025, 9.30-16.30 | Winkfield Resource Centre | Book your place
- Being a better employer course | Wednesday 26 November 2025, 1:00-15:00 | Online | Book your place
- Being a better employer course | Wednesday 18 February 2026, 13:00-15:00 | Online | Book your place
- Food hygiene | Monday 9 February 2025, 10:00-14:00 | Winkfield Resource Centre | Book your place
- Being a better employer course | Tuesday March 24 2026, 13:00-15:00 | Winkfield Resource Centre | Book your place
Independent Lives
Independent Lives offer a series of courses occurring fortnightly.
- Moving and handling people
- Basic First Aid
- Medication level 1&2
- Empowering Choice- Mental capacity essentials
- Safeguarding
- Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
- Disability Awareness
- Autism awareness
- Mental health awareness
Book your place
Project Artworks
Visit their website to see the latest training available, including:
- Meltdowns and Shutdowns | Monday 13 October – 10.00-13.00
- Makaton Level 1| Tuesday 4 and Tuesday 11 November – 9.30-13.00
- Loss and Bereavement | Thursday 20 November – 10.30-12.30
- Total Communication | Tuesday 9 December – 9.30-12.30
More training to be announced soon.
Kingston Centre for Independent Living
The following face-to-face training is available at various dates throughout September, October and November:
- First aid
- Manual handling
- Adult safeguarding
To book please email enquiries@kcil.org.uk or call 020 85469611.
Pathfinders Neuromuscular Alliance
Pathfinders Neruomuscular Alliance offer the following ongoing classes:
- Employment in practice: PA employer class
This themed fortnightly class will cover a wide range of challenges and scenarios employers may encounter when employing PAs, from recruitment and induction to supervision and appraisal, to going on holiday, managing PAs in hospital, emergency cover and managing PAs in protected groups. Employers will learn from others who have extensive experience of managing PAs. Email charley@pathfindersalliance.org.uk to book.
- Personal Assistant advanced training: supporting different needs and circumstances of employers with neuromuscular conditions
This themed monthly class footage PAs how to support employers in different situations, including employers who are younger, older, parents, LGBT, who work, who travel, who require a ventilator or who require a special diet. PAs will be able to hear from real-life employers about how to meet a wide range of needs. Email info@pathfindersalliance.org.uk to book.
- Developing PA employer skills for consultancy/training
This five session class will teach PA employers the basics of training and consultancy, to enable employers to use the skills and knowledge of a PA employer in a professional setting. Email info@pathfindersalliance.org.uk to book.
Surrey Independent Living Charity
Surrey Independent Living Charity offers the following training for individual employers and personal assistants:
- Emergency first aid at work - Thursday 4 September 2025 9:30
- Mental health awareness – Tuesday 23 September 2025 10:00
- Safeguarding adults and children – Thursday 2 October 2025 10:00
- Autism awareness – Thursday 9 October 2025 10:00
- Mental capacity act – Monday 20 October 2025 13:00
- Health and safety awareness - Friday 7 November 2025 13:00
- Person centred care – Thursday 13 November 2025
- Emergency first aid at work - Tuesday 18 November 2025
- Learning disability with dementia awareness – Tuesday 25 November 2025 10:00
- Dementia awareness – Thursday 4 December 2025 10:00
- Epilepsy awareness - Friday 12 December 2025 11:30
- Diabetes awareness – Wednesday 12 December 2025 9:30
- Safeguarding adults and children – Tuesday 6 January 2026 10:00
- Autism awareness - Wednesday 14 January 2026 10:00
- Emergency first aid at work – Tuesday 20 January 2026 9:30
- Mental capacity act – Wednesday 21 January 2026 13:00
- Medication awareness – Thursday 29 January 2026 10:00
- Health and safety awareness – Saturday 7 February 10:00
- Learning disability with dementia awareness - Friday 13 February 2026 13:00
- Person-centreded care – Wednesday 18 February 2026 13:00
- Mental health awareness - Tuesday 24 February 2026 10:00
- Dementia awareness – Monday 2 March 2026 13:00
- Diabetes awareness – Wednesday 11 March 2026 10:00
- Emergency first aid at work – Thursday 12 March 2026 9:30
- Epilepsy awareness – Tuesday 17 March 2026 13:00
- Medication awareness - Thursday 26 March 2026 10:00
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TrustonTap
The following training will be available, with dates tbc:
- Enhanced dementia training
- Senior PA care workforce pathway Knowledge and skills courses c.3
- Understanding people's disability and circumstances
- Understanding the importance of resilience and coping skills in your role as a PA
- Understanding mental capacity and how it can affect how you deliver support
- Assistive technology webinar
- Communication Training course for less experienced PAs
- Loneworking Training course for less experienced PAs
- Person-centred care Training course for less experienced PAs
- Care certificate c. 16 training courses
- Carer bitesize training
- IE training
Email James@trustontap.com to find out more.