Commissioning and developing the market
Developing a PA register
Personal assistant registers are a way for people who want to employ personalassistants and people who work as personal assistants to find each other. This guidance note is for organisations that are developing a PA register and suggests that there are seven key points to consider.
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Disability Sheffield - testing ways to recruit personal assistants: Case study
Learn from others case study discussing the Disability Sheffield Centre for Independent Living project to test innovative approaches for recruiting personal assistants.
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Disability Sheffield - testing ways to recruit personal assistants: Guide
Guide developed by Disability Sheffield Centre for Independent Living as part of a Skills for Care funded project. It describes how Disability Sheffield Centre for Independent Living tested innovative approaches to the recruitment of personal assistants.
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Evaluation summary report
A sector based work academy approach to the recruitment of personal assistants: review of self-evaluations submitted by organisations funded by Skills for Care in 2019.
Nottinghamshire County Council - Promoting the role of PAs to rural and hard to reach communities: Case study
Learn from others case study discussing the Nottinghamshire County Council model to engage with and promote the role of a personal assistant in rural and hard to reach communities.
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Nottinghamshire County Council - Promoting the role of PAs to rural and hard to reach communities: Guide
Guide developed by Nottinghamshire County Council as part of a Skills for Care funded project. In Partnership with the Nottinghamshire Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) and Rural Community Action Nottinghamshire (RCAN) it describes engaging with and promoting the role of a personal assistant (PA) to rural and hard to reach communities.
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Pathways to employment model to recruit PAs: Case study
Learn from others case study discussing the My Life Pathways to employment model and expanding the reach through Train the Trainer sessions.
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Pathways to employment model to recruit PAs: Guide
Guide developed as part of a Skills for Care funded project. It describes the aims and model of the My Life pathways to employment train the trainer sessions.
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SHIP Transforming Care Partnership - Promoting the personal assistant role to local students: Case study
Learn from others case study discussing the Southampton, Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Portsmouth (SHIP) model to recruit personal assistants.
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SHIP Transforming Care Partnership - Promoting the personal assistant role to local students: Guide
Guide developed by Southampton, Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Portsmouth (SHIP) Transforming Care Partnership as part of a Skills for Care funded project. It sets out a model for recruiting personal assistants.
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Using a sector based work academy approach to recruiting PAs: evaluation summary report
This guide is for staff who work in organisations that want to run a sector-based work academy for personal assistants (PAs). It sets out a step by step process that you can follow to set up and run an academy. It includes tips, templates and case studies explaining what works well and what to avoid.
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