Individual employer funding

If you employ your own care and support through a personal budget from social care or health (personal health budget) or using your own money (this is sometimes called being a 'self-funder'), you can apply for funding to train and develop yourself as an individual employer and/or develop the skills of your personal assistants (PAs). 

• The closing date for applications is 28 February 2021
• Training thats successfully funded must be started by 31 March 2021

The funding could also be used to cover the direct costs of training and qualifications, travel and the cost of hiring replacement support whilst your usual PA is attending training. The video below explains this in more detail and you can also read about how other employers have used the fund. 

  How have others used the funding?

• 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." 
  ➥ Read more about the training. 
  
  
• 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."
  ➥ Read more about the training.
  
  
• 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."
  ➥ Read more about the training.
  
  
• 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."
  ➥ Read more about the training.

Money for training individual employers  ⇨ Download the Money for training individual employers leaflet to find out some of the courses you can apply for