Do you work as a Personal Assistant / Care worker in London? Survey.

Personal Assistants – Developing the Workforce in London.
 
I am contacting you as the Area Officer for North West London to alert you to a project that Skills for Care are currently undertaking for the Pan London Joint Improvement Partnership.

Project Outline
With the expectation that all individuals receiving ongoing support or care will be offered a personal budget by 2013, usually in the form of a Direct Payment, the implications for growing the Personal Assistant (PA) workforce are considerable.  This short project seeks to provide greater clarity on the PA workforce in London through a range of activities including a review of the level and type of business changes underway to supply and develop PAs, access to learning and development and an assessment of the feasibility of a PA Accreditation system.

We have asked organisations who offer support to Direct Employers and their PAs to send on this email to you and we would really appreciate your involvement in this project.

We would ask you to get involved by:
1.      Completing a short online survey by clicking on the link below
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/SfC_PA
This survey should only take you a few minutes to complete. The information will be collected into a report and no individuals can be identified from the answers provided.
 
Why Get Involved?
Through your input into the project we are seeking to:
     -     Gain your involvement to help shape future developments
-          Have a better understanding of the support PAs need to do their job
-          Ensure PAs are aware of training opportunities and resources available locally
-          Consider ways of building learning and development pathways that accredit the PA role and lead to national qualifications

This is an exciting opportunity for you to influence the development of the PA role and we hope you will be able to participate – at least by completing the short survey and if possible by also attending the workshop.

The survey is returned automatically online. 

If you have any questions to clarify or would like further support to participate in the project, please contact me by email at  Donna.bunce@skillsforcare.org.uk or telephone me on 07825 318 616