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PAs continuing to support people during a hospital admission

When personal assistants (PAs) continue to support their employer during a hospital admission, this can have lots of benefits for the individual. This guide outlines the benefits and shares learning and top tips about what works well, to help individual employers, local authorities and Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) to work together to put the right processes in place to make it happen.

A Workforce Strategy for Adult Social Care in England

Discover England's first-ever Workforce Strategy for Adult Social Care, led by Skills for Care—ensuring the sector has the right people, skills, and support to deliver high-quality care.

Workforce-Strategy-for-Adult-Social-Care-in-England-July-2025

The workforce strategy for adult social care in England. Published July 2024, refreshed July 2025.

Care Certificate workbook for PAs

Employers can use this workbook to support PAs when they first start work, or as a refresh for existing staff.

Disclosure and Barring Service advice note PAs Feb 2021

Disclosure and Barring Service advice notes. This advice note explains more about DBS checks.

Disclosure and Barring Service advice note PAs Feb 2021

Disclosure and Barring Service advice notes. This advice note explains more about DBS checks.

A practical guide to learning and development for PAs

This guide has lots of advice to help PAs develop and progress in their role.

A practical guide to learning and development for personal assistants

This guide helps personal assistants to think about their own learning and development and what support they need from their employer.

A practical guide to learning and development for personal assistants

Skills for Care individual employers practical guide to learning and development for personal assistants - This guide helps personal assistants to think about their own learning and development and what support they need from their employer.

Recommendations for CQC providers

This guide explains what CQC expects to see around your managers and leaders, recruitment and retention, induction and ongoing learning and development. It highlights Skills for Care's products and resources that can help.