Does your Personal Assistant / Care Worker need training?

RBKC is offering a number of reduced price courses that could be of interest for people who empoy their own Personal Assistants  or Care Workers

Health and Safety (with a particular aim at people in the Social and Health Care sector) - for more  information follow the link below
http://www.rbkc-thirdforce.com/compliance/foundation-health-safety-%e2%80%93-care/

A list of modules covered on the course can be found here http://www.rbkc-thirdforce.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/ymarketing_collateralfoundationhealthandsafety.pdf

The Control of Hazardous Substances may be of interest to people working with hazardous substances, including household products such as bleach and other cleaning products http://www.rbkc-thirdforce.com/hospitality-skills/coshh/

Finally, for those of you who have yor care worke assisting with meal preparation there is a "Level one award in Food Safety and handling" http://www.rbkc.gov.uk/businessandenterprise/regulation/healthandsafety/publichealthtrainingservice/foodsafetytrainingcourses/l1infoodsafetyawareness.aspx

If you are interested in any of these courses for your workers you MIGHT be able to use your Personal Budget to pay - I will update this post when I know for sure.

Update - Mark Ward of the SDS Team has said that if anyone is interested in having their Personal Assistants / Care Workers attend these courses that there MIGHT be a possibility of getting places for FREE.