PLANNING ON PROVIDING PERSONAL ASSISTANTS SERVICE

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PLANNING ON PROVIDING PERSONAL ASSISTANTS
SERVICE?

• but unsure about
• what a PA is
• whats in it for you?
• how to set up PA service
• how to find PAs
• then come along to
• Capacity Building Workshop
• Monday 23rd November 2009
• 0930-1330
• Crescent Suite, 70 Ronalds Road, Highbury, London
  N5 1XA

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CAPACITY BUILDING WORKSHOP PERSONAL ASSISTANT
SERVICE AGENDA 23rd November 2009

• 9.30 Registration
• 10.00 Welcome Islington/Camden
• 10.15 Study of PA market Michael Armstrong -
  Skills for Care
• 10.45 Providers view Miranda Wixon - Homecare
  Partnership
• 11.15 Service Users experience of employing PA -
  Jane Carter
• 11.30 Break
• 11.45 Table discussions
• 12.45 Feedback
• 13.00 Lunch/networking
• 13.30 Close

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CAPACITY BUILDING WORKSHOP PERSONAL ASSISTANT
SERVICE TABLE DISCUSSIONS

• TABLE 1 What are the opportunities and
  threats
• TABLE 2 Practicalities of Setting-up a PA
  service
• TABLE 3 Safeguarding Issues for organisations
  to consider
• TABLE 4 Skills and Training for PAs providers
• TABLE 5 What Customers want from PA Service
• TABLE 6 - Review of occupational standards QCF
• TABLE 7 Topic to be confirmed
• TABLE 8 - Topic to be confirmed

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Travel Crescent Suite, 70 Ronald's Road, London
N5 1XA
Bus The following routes all stop at Highbury
corner 4, 19, 30, 43, 271 and 277. Tube Highbury
Islington (10 min walk)Holloway Road (10 min
walk) Train Drayton Park (First London Connect)