Training for PA's and Employers
We are pleased to be hosting free training for direct payment employers and PA's, funded by Skills for Care once again
Face to face training sessions
Autism
- 27th January 2023, 10.30am to 12.00pm, Room 4, The Heart, Ridley Street, Redcar, TS10 1TD
Epilepsy awareness
- 27th January 2023, 12.45pm to 2.45pm, Room 4, The Heart, Ridley Street, Redcar, TS10 1TD
Medication
- 14th February 2023, 10.30am to 12.30pm, Dolphin Centre in Darlington
Being a Personal Assistant
This session is to promote good practice but accepting that all employers are different, with different needs and gain information about what a personal assistant is and does. Its presented by lead workers from the direct payment support service and an employer.
- Thursday 23rd February 2023, 1.30pm, on Microsoft Teams
Employer Training
We will be holding sessions over Microsoft Teams for direct payment employers and a face-to-face session in the New Year. They aim to help new and experienced employers learn and gain more knowledge about how to be a good employer and meet employer responsibilities.
The dates of the sessions will be:
- 10th January 2023, Master class on Microsoft Teams online 10.30am to 12.30pm
- 10th January 2023, Starting out on Microsoft Teams online 1.30pm to 3.30pm
- 8th February 2023 Starting out 1.30pm to 3.30pm, Dolphin Centre in Darlington
- 9th February 2023 Master class 11am to 1pm, Dolphin Centre in Darlington
Each session will be approximately 2 hours long. There is a recording and a learning book of the employer training for anyone who isn’t able make it to the meetings.
Online Training
There are some online training courses through a company called iHASCO. iHASCO offer a wide range of courses. After the completion of each course, you will receive a certificate.
Courses available:
- Infection and control
- Data Protection and GDPR
- Equality and Diversity
- Health and Safety
- Mental Health Awareness
- Risk Assessments
- Person Centred Care
- Building resilience
- Confidence building
- Safeguarding children
- Safeguarding adults
Please call us on 01325 489999 or email us at directpayments@darlingtondisability.org if you wish to attend any of the training.
We look forward to hearing from you.
This was one of the training sessions we produced last year.
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How you can support us
As a local organisation we very much rely on the support of our local community. We support over 2,000 people every year to have greater choice and control and remove the barriers that disabled adults and children experience in their everyday lives. But we need YOUR help.