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From Care to Independent Living: Training for people new to personal assistance
Independent Living Alternatives is a user controlled disability organisatio, based in London since 1989 providing a comprehensive range of personal assistance services. The training for personal assistance users and personal assistants explores:
• The role of a PA
• The social model of disability in the context of personal assistance
• Following instructions: what does a PA do?
This e-learning course is offered over a two-week period and is an interactive opportunity to learn with other disabled people and personal assistants as well as the full support of a moderator.
"ILA’s training gives an excellent overview of the background to personal assistance; I enjoyed the case studies as I could empathise with them and found that it helped me to envisage the work I might do with a PA User."
Costs: £45 per person (discounts for group bookings)
INTERESTED IN KNOWING MORE? Email: Independent Living Alternatives PAServices@ILAnet.co.uk or contact us at Trafalgar House, Grenville Place, London NW7 3SA. 020 8906 9265 www.ILAnet.co.uk
Charity number 802198. Funded by City Bridge Trust
Our HANDBOOK FOR DISABLED EMPLOYERS AND THEIR PERSONAL ASSISTANTS is now available. This provides a comprehensive guide to employing your own Personal Assistants and also includes relevant forms which you can personalise and utilise for yourself. The handbook is free to members of the Association of Disabled Employers and costs £10 for others. It is available in standard print or (on demand) in Braille and Easy Read or electronically. Click here to order your copy.
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A SERVICE USER is a new online film which can be used within P.A. training or wider training about independent living, starring our own Anne Pridmore.
These fact sheets regarding impending cuts to services were circulated by the Choice Forum and we thought that you may be interested.
Get your rights - what to do if your service is cut http://www.choiceforum.org/docs/gyr.pdf
Using the Law to Fight Cuts http://www.choiceforum.org/docs/law.pdf
What to do if you lose your support - Easy Read http://www.choiceforum.org/docs/wtdo.pdf
What is Putting People First? Find out in four minutes. Putting People First (PPF) sets out the vision for social care services and the wider society that we live and grow old in over the next ten years.To understand more about Putting People first in just 4 minutes! Watch a video clip from the DH care networks, it explains the key themes at the heart of Putting People First – The video explores what is meant by 'Early Intervention & Prevention', 'Choice and Control', 'Social Capital' and 'Universal Services' - the four parts in Putting People First. Watch the four minute overview by visiting: www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/puttingpeoplefirst Nottinghamshire County Council, Putting People First Team. Tel: 0115 977 2516
