Personal Assistant Programmes
Programme 1- A Disabled Person Employing a Personal Assistant
This Programme usually takes place at The Felbury Centre, near Dorking, Surrey. If organisations recruit their own participants and wish to make arrangements for the course to be undertaken on their premises this can also be arranged.
The course takes place over 3 days with 2 weeks between each day session. We have found it to be beneficial if the 2 programme's can be run in parallel, a disabled persons employment programme and a personal assistants programme.
Participants are required to provide their own day-to-day support.
The Training course will deliver a learning programme for Disabled People who wish to employ Personal Assistants using the Direct Payment system with the following outcomes:
The Learner is able to:
- Understand the causes of discrimination and oppression
- Show an understanding of the Medical Model of Disability
- Show an understanding of the Social Model of Disability
- Develop an understanding of independence and the meaning of independent living
- Understand the meaning of 'working relationships'
- Examine what a Personal Assistant is and does
- Explore the action to be taken in employing a Personal Assistant
- Understand the function of an employer
- Plan a meeting with an existing PA employer and a working PA
- Give and receive feedback
Programme 2 - Employment as a Personal Assistant to a Disabled Person
This Programme usually takes place at The Felbury Centre, near Dorking,
Surrey. If organisations recruit their own participants and wish to
make arrangements for the course to be undertaken on their premises this can also be arranged.
The course takes place over 3 days with 2 weeks between each day
session. We have found it to be beneficial if the 2 programme's can
be run in parallel, a disabled persons employment programme and
a personal assistants programme.
Participants are required to provide their own day-to-day support.
The Training course will deliver a learning programme for people who wish to gain a qualification as a Personal Assistant with the following outcomes:
The Learner is able to:
- Understand the causes of discrimination and oppression
- Have an understanding of the Medical Model of Disability
- Demonstrate an understanding of the Social Model of Disability
- Identify traditional attitudes & provision and how they tend to discriminate against disabled people
- Understand how and why PA's must perform practical & personal tasks in a sensitive and respectful way that meets the employers' needs
- Understand how to maintain an appropriate relationship with disabled people
- Demonstrate an understanding of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995
- Plan a meeting with an existing PA employer and a working PA
- Explore the difference between the disabled person as an employer, and as a client of social services or accessing services from agencies
- Give and receive feedback
Lifetrain has completed a pilot course in partnership with Scope, which was extremely successful.
If you require more information or would like this information in a different format please contact Dennis Carr on 01372 360875 or email at disability.services@lifetrain.org.uk