Find training in London and the South East for people who employ their own care and support and their personal assistants.
A1 Social Care Training
Upcoming courses TBC
The Challenging Behaviour Foundation
The Challenging Behaviour Foundation provide a range of training for both people who employ their own care and support and their personal assistants. The Challenging Behaviour Foundation are the only UK charity specifically focussed on the needs of people with severe learning disabilities whose behaviour may be described as challenging, and their families.
This practical workshop is an introduction to the links between communication and behaviour. This workshop is aimed at anyone who wants to understand how to improve communication with individuals with severe learning disabilities and in turn improve their quality of life, choice, and behaviour. This workshop includes what is communication and how to meet people’s communication needs, with practical resources and strategies to support communication. It provides an understanding of communication and its relationship with behaviours that challenge. It also focuses on a Total Communication approach and explores examples such as: pictures, intensive interaction, digital communication aids and the use of communication passports, for people with severe learning disabilities.
There will be further dates for all of the above workshops also taking place in January/February 2026. These are currently to be confirmed.
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Ruils Independent Living
Ruils Independent Living provide a range of training for both people who employ their own care and support and their personal assistants.
- Autism Awareness Training | Wednesday 19 November, 9:00-12:30 | In-person |
- Employer Training | Wednesday 16 December, 11:00-13:00 | Zoom |
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Dignity and privacy course | Available until March 2026 | Online, self-paced |
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Learning disability awareness | Available until March 2026 | Online, self-paced |
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Mental health awareness | Available until March 2026 | Online, self-paced |
Action on Disability (AoD)
AoD provide a range of in-person training for both people who employ their own care and support and their personal assistants.
- Moving and handling of people in care
- Medication awareness
- Emergency first aid at work (1 day course)
- Makaton awareness training
- Emergency first aid at work (1 day course)
- Mindfulness
- Emergency first aid at work (1 day course)
- Dementia awareness
Contact dpsupport@aod.org.uk to book. Priority will be given to direct payments employers living in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham and their personal assistants.
Disability Action Haringey
Disability Action Haringey provide a range of in-person training for both people who employ their own care and support and their personal assistants.
- Being a better employer course | Wednesday 26 November 2025, 1:00-15:00 | Online |
- Being a better employer course | Wednesday 18 February 2026, 13:00-15:00 | Online |
- Food hygiene | Monday 9 February 2025, 10:00-14:00 | Winkfield Resource Centre |
- Being a better employer course | Tuesday March 24 2026, 13:00-15:00 | Winkfield Resource Centre | Book your place
Independent Lives
Independent Lives offer a series of courses occurring fortnightly.
- Moving and handling people
- Basic First Aid
- Medication level 1&2
- Empowering Choice- Mental capacity essentials
- Safeguarding
- Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
- Disability Awareness
- Autism awareness
- Mental health awareness
Little Flame Cadets
Upcoming courses TBC
Project Artworks
to see the latest training available, including:
- Loss and Bereavement | Thursday 20 November – 10.30-12.30
- Total Communication | Tuesday 9 December – 9.30-12.30
- Communication and Behaviour | Tuesday 12 March - 10.00-13.00
More training to be announced soon.
Kingston Centre for Independent Living
The following face-to-face training is available at various dates throughout October and November.
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First Aid | Wednesday 19 November, 10:00 - 14:00
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Adult Safeguarding | Friday 21 November, 10:00 - 13:00
Pathfinders Neuromuscular Alliance
Pathfinders Neruomuscular Alliance offer the following ongoing classes:
- Employment in practice: PA employer class
This themed fortnightly class will cover a wide range of challenges and scenarios employers may encounter when employing PAs, from recruitment and induction to supervision and appraisal, to going on holiday, managing PAs in hospital, emergency cover and managing PAs in protected groups. Employers will learn from others who have extensive experience of managing PAs. Every two weeks starting Monday 18 August at 18:00. Email charley@pathfindersalliance.org.uk to book.
- Personal Assistant advanced training: supporting different needs and circumstances of employers with neuromuscular conditions
This themed monthly class footage PAs how to support employers in different situations, including employers who are younger, older, parents, LGBT, who work, who travel, who require a ventilator or who require a special diet. PAs will be able to hear from real-life employers about how to meet a wide range of needs. Every month starting Monday 16 September 2025. Email info@pathfindersalliance.org.uk to book.
- Developing PA employer skills for consultancy/training
This five session class will teach PA employers the basics of training and consultancy, to enable employers to use the skills and knowledge of a PA employer in a professional setting. Starts Novemeber. Email info@pathfindersalliance.org.uk to book.
Surrey Independent Living Charity
Surrey Independent Living Charity offers the following training for individual employers and personal assistants:
- Emergency first aid at work - Tuesday 18 November 2025
- Learning disability with dementia awareness – Tuesday 25 November 2025 10:00
- Dementia awareness – Thursday 4 December 2025 10:00
- Epilepsy awareness - Friday 12 December 2025 11:30
- Diabetes awareness – Wednesday 12 December 2025 9:30
- Safeguarding adults and children – Tuesday 6 January 2026 10:00
- Autism awareness - Wednesday 14 January 2026 10:00
- Emergency first aid at work – Tuesday 20 January 2026 9:30
- Mental capacity act – Wednesday 21 January 2026 13:00
- Medication awareness – Thursday 29 January 2026 10:00
- Health and safety awareness – Saturday 7 February 10:00
- Learning disability with dementia awareness - Friday 13 February 2026 13:00
- Person-centreded care – Wednesday 18 February 2026 13:00
- Mental health awareness - Tuesday 24 February 2026 10:00
- Dementia awareness – Monday 2 March 2026 13:00
- Diabetes awareness – Wednesday 11 March 2026 10:00
- Emergency first aid at work – Thursday 12 March 2026 9:30
- Epilepsy awareness – Tuesday 17 March 2026 13:00
- Medication awareness - Thursday 26 March 2026 10:00
TrustonTap
The following training will be available, with dates tbc:
- Enhanced dementia training
- Senior PA care workforce pathway Knowledge and skills courses c.3
- Understanding people's disability and circumstances
- Understanding the importance of resilience and coping skills in your role as a PA
- Understanding mental capacity and how it can affect how you deliver support
- Assistive technology webinar
- Communication Training course for less experienced PAs
- Loneworking Training course for less experienced PAs
- Person-centred care Training course for less experienced PAs
- Care certificate c. 16 training courses
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Communication Training course for less experienced PAs
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Delegated Healthcare tasks x 2 courses for experienced PAs
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Enhanced dementia training for PAs
- Carer bitesize training
- IE training
Email James@trustontap.com to find out more.