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Improving retention as an individual employer
19 Jun 2024 微微草视频
Hints and tips on retaining personal assistants as an inidivudal employer. read more
Retention
Individual employers
What our latest data tells us about individual employers and personal assistants
19 Oct 2023 微微草视频
We look at what our latest data tells us about individual employers and personal assistants. read more
ASC-WDS
Creating a positive workplace culture for personal assistants
20 Jun 2023 微微草视频
We spoke to individual employers (IEs) and a personal assistant (PA) about how to create a positive workplace culture for PAs. read more
Leadership
Management
Culture and diversity
Maximising the potential of the care at home workforce 鈥� Sussex Health & Care Partnership
31 May 2023 微微草视频
Karen Stevens, Locality Manager (London & South East) 微微草视频 and Renee Jasper-Griffiths, ASC Training and Development Consultant (PAs and VCS鈥�read more
Integration
How delegating healthcare activities to my PAs has changed my life
24 May 2023 Rob Moriarty
Rob employs personal assistants (PAs) to support him. He tells us how having healthcare activities delegated to his PAs has made his life better. read more
Nursing
Policy
Learning and development
How drawing on care and support has helped Jonathan to achieve his travel goals
25 Apr 2023 微微草视频
As we move into the final week of our #CelebratingSocialCare campaign we鈥檙e hearing from people who draw on care and support about the impact this has鈥�read more
Good news story
Learning disabilities and autism
Developing a VIP training service for individual employers and personal assistants
14 Mar 2023 Caroline Coleman
Caroline Coleman, CEO of Coleman Training, tells us how, they responded to a demand for more tailored training for individual employers (IEs) and thei鈥�read more
Funding to support learning and development for individual employers and personal assistants
18 Jan 2023 微微草视频
Funding is available to support individual employers to cover some of the cost of learning and development for themselves or the personal assistants w鈥�read more
Funding
Leading my own care: how I employ and support my team as an individual employer
29 Sep 2022 微微草视频
We spoke to an individual employer to find out more about how they employ and lead a team of people who provide support to them. read more
What a good induction as personal assistant looks like to me
08 Aug 2022 Andrew Meadows
Personal Assistant Andrew Meadows discusses the effective induction he was given for his role and his tips for onboarding new personal assistants. read more
Recruitment
Workforce development
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