Blogs and articles

19 Oct 2023 Skills for Care

We look at what our latest data tells us about individual employers and personal assistants. read more

20 Jun 2023 Skills for Care

We spoke to individual employers (IEs) and a personal assistant (PA) about how to create a positive workplace culture for PAs. read more

31 May 2023 Skills for Care

Karen Stevens, Locality Manager (London & South East) Skills for Care and Renee Jasper-Griffiths, ASC Training and Development Consultant (PAs and VCS…read more

24 May 2023 Rob Moriarty

Rob employs personal assistants (PAs) to support him. He tells us how having healthcare activities delegated to his PAs has made his life better. read more

25 Apr 2023 Skills for Care

As we move into the final week of our #CelebratingSocialCare campaign we’re hearing from people who draw on care and support about the impact this has…read more

14 Mar 2023 Caroline Coleman

Caroline Coleman, CEO of Coleman Training, tells us how, they responded to a demand for more tailored training for individual employers (IEs) and thei…read more

18 Jan 2023 Skills for Care

Funding is available to support individual employers to cover some of the cost of learning and development for themselves or the personal assistants w…read more

29 Sep 2022 Skills for Care

We spoke to an individual employer to find out more about how they employ and lead a team of people who provide support to them. read more

08 Aug 2022 Andrew Meadows

Personal Assistant Andrew Meadows discusses the effective induction he was given for his role and his tips for onboarding new personal assistants. read more

20 Jan 2022 Skills for Care

As the new year begins, we share information and advice to help individual employers plan for the year ahead. The start of a new year is a good time t…read more