Find online training for individual employers and personal assistants. 

Please note some of these providers provide face-to-face training in their local areas - this will be listed in the relevant region area of this guide.

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. 

• Communication and Challenging Behaviour Workshop - Monday 1 December 2025, 10:00 - 14:30.

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.

Bringing Us Together

Bringing Us Together provide a range of virtual training for both people who employ their own care and support and their personal assistants. 

• Housing options for individual employers – Wednesday 3 December 2025,13:00 – 15:00
• Transition to adult services for parent carers who are receiving direct payments – Wednesday 14 January 2025, 18:30 – 20:30
• Tricky situations and looking after yourself  - Wednesday 4 February 13:00 – 15:00
• Being genuine - person centred planning  for individual employers – Wednesday 4 March 13:00 – 15:00

To book any of the above contact karen@bringingustogether.org.uk

• Being the boss with Anne Pridmore - support sessions for individual employers - every 2nd Thursday of every month on Zoom

To book the above contact anne.pridmore@outlook.com

Darlington Association on Disability

Darlington Association on Disability provide a range of virtual training on specific topics as per individual training needs plans, delivered by Atlas.

To book call Alison Curwen on 01325 489999 Option 2 or email alison.curwen@darlingtondisability.org.

The Disability Resource Centre

Upcoming courses TBC

Great Minds Together

Great Minds Together provide a range of training for both people who employ their own care and support and their personal assistants.            

• Autism training for personal assistants | Tuesday 18 November 2025, 10.00 - 11.30 | Online | 
• Sensory differences training for personal assistants | Thursday 4 December 2025, 13.00 - 14.30 | Online | 
• Sensory differences training for personal assistants | Thursday 15 January 2026, 13.00 - 14.30 | Online | 
• Low arousal and low demand approaches for personal assistants | Tuesday 27 January 2026, 10.00 - 11.30  | Online | 
• How to Support a PA and your role as an employer | Tuesday 03 February 2026, 10.00 - 11.30 | Online | 
• Autism Training for Personal Assistants | Tuesday 10 February 2026, 10.00 - 11.30 | Online | 
• Contextualise Safeguarding | Wednesday 11 February 2026, 14.00 - 16.00 | Online | 
• Sensory Differences Training for Personal Assistants | Thursday 5 March 2026, 13.00 - 14.30 | Online | 
• Low Arousal & Low Demand Approaches for Personal Assistants | Tuesday 17 March 2026, 10.00 - 11.30 | Online | 

Disability Positive

Disability positive offer a range of courses including:

Email: Learning@disabilitypositive.org or Call Tel: 01606 331853 and ask to speak to the Learning Service

KDC

KDC provide a range of training for both people who employ their own care and support and their personal assistants. To book email andy.gilbert@kdc.org.uk.

• Buccal midazolam
• Autism awareness
• Dementia awareness
• Epilepsy awareness
• Motor neurone disease
• Moving and handling
• Safeguarding and protection of adults
• Nutrition and hygiene
• Medication practice
• Equality, diversity and inclusion
• Emergency first aid at home
• Safer handling of medication at home 

Kingston Centre for Independent Living

Upcoming courses TBC

Reeves Training

Reeves Training provide a range of training for both people who employ their own care and support and their personal assistants. 

• Dignity and privacy course | Available until March 2026 | Online, self-paced | 

• Learning disability awareness | Available until March 2026 | Online, self-paced | 

• Mental health awareness  | Available until March 2026 | Online, self-paced | 

Ruils Independent Living

• Employer Training | Wednesday 16 December, 11:00-13:00 | Zoom | 

Deaf-initely Women

Deaf-initely Women will be offering the following over Zoom:

• Deafblind equality training | Saturday 14 March, 10:00-13:00
• How to employ care staff | Tuesday 25 November, 10:00-16:00
• Understanding your rights as a Direct Payment user | Monday 1 December, 10:00-16:00
• Communicative Assistive equipment for the person you support | Monday 24 November, 10:00-13:00
• Communicating and supporting people with acquired deafblindness | Wednesday 4 February, 10:00-16:00
• Deaf Awareness Training | Monday 19 January, 10:00-14:00

disAbility Cornwall

DisAbility Cornwall provide a range of training for both people who employ their own care and support and their personal assistants.  

• Manual handling: look after your back!
• Safeguarding adults at risk: making safeguarding personal and hoarding
• Person-centred approaches
• Effective interpersonal skills
• Personal care: consent & dignity
• Trauma-informed approaches
• Mental health support: the practicalities
• Mini masterclass - COPD: all you need to know
• Mini masterclass - diabetes: all you need to know
• Mini masterclass: heart disease - all you need to know
• Mini masterclasses: sight loss and hearing loss - everything you need to know
• Living well
• Food safety & allergies
• Safeguarding vulnerable adults level 1
• Fluids and nutrition
• Equality and diversity
• Information governance / data protection and GDPR
• Health and safety
• Food safety level 1
• Conflict management
• Training your team - for IEs
• Employing and managing a PA – for IEs

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Disability Action Haringey

Disability Action Haringey provide training for both people who employ their own care and support. 

• Being a better employer course 2025 | Wednesday 26 November, 13:00-15:00 | Online | 
• Being a better employer course 2026 | Wednesday 18 February, 13:00-15:00 | Online | 

Disability Direct

 provides a range of virtual training for both people who employ their own care and support and their personal assistants. These courses are available at flexible dates and times to suit you and can be 1:1 or in  a small group.

The following training is available:

• Direct Payment Awareness
• Good Employer Training
• Good Employee Training
• Employment Law and GDPR
• Boundaries and Safeguarding
• Disability Awareness
• Mental Health & Wellbeing
• Food Hygiene
• Risk Assessment & Infection Control
• Fire Safety & Emergency Planning
• Administering Medication
• Dignity in Care & Person-Centred Practice
• Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
• Managing Challenging Behaviour

To book call 01332 404040 (option 3) or email info@blueskybrokers.org.

Disability North

Personal Assistant (PA) Training

• Friday 21st November 2025 | 10.30 to 15:00 | Newcastle |  or 
• Tuesday 9 December 2025 | 10.30 to 15:00 | Newcastle |  or 
• Wednesday 7 January 2026 | 10.30 to 15:00 | Newcastle |  or 
• Thursday 19 February 2026 | 10.30 – 15:00 | Newcastle |  or 
• Thursday  5 March 2026 | 10.30 – 15:00 | Newcastle |  or 

Led by Angie Stewart, who has employed Personal Assistants for 27 years, this course offers a unique perspective. Angie will share her lived experience and that of people she knows who employ PAs. You will be guided through every aspect of the role, including why disabled people fought for the right to use Direct Payments to employ their own PAs and the powerful impact this has on independence and quality of life.

From practical skills to essential knowledge, the day will be packed with insight and laughter. Whether you’re new to the role or already working as a PA, you’ll leave with the confidence and tools to take your next steps either into a new job or strengthening your existing skills and knowledge.  

Embrace Wigan and Leigh

PA the basics / IE the basics

This digital, one-to-one training is available in Wigan and Sheffield. Email info@embracewiganandleigh.org.uk to arrange.

Ideal For All

Being a good employer and PA rights and obligations

Provided with

• Monday 8 December 2025 10:00 - 12:00
• Monday 12 January 2026 10:00 - 12:00
• Monday 2 February 2026 10:00 - 12:00
• Monday 23 February 2026 10:00 - 12:00

Guidance on being an individual employer and what to expect as an employed PA.

5 ways to wellbeing - Connect, Move, Notice, Learn, Give

• Monday 19 January 2026 10:00 -14:00

A set of 5 evidence-based actions we can use to prioritise our wellbeing and make a positive difference about how we feel ‘in ourselves’ daily.

Ideal for All also offer bespoke learning packages covering:

• A Care Workers Role
• Appraisal
• Autism
• Care
• Care Planning
• Communication
• CYP Safeguarding Children & Young People
• Dementia Awareness
• Diabetes Awareness
• Dignity in Care
• End of Life Care
• Epilepsy Awareness
• Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
• Falls Awareness
• Fire Safety for Domiciliary Care
• First Aid
• Food Hygiene
• Health and Safety
• Infection Control
• Learning Disabilities
• LGBT Aware for Care
• Lone Working
• Medication Practice in Domiciliary
• Mental Health
• Motor Neurone Disease
• Multiple Sclerosis
• Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training
• Parkinson's Disease
• Person Centred Care
• Personal Carel
• Professional Boundaries
• Recording Information
• Risk Assessment
• Safeguarding and Protection of Adults
• Sepsis
• Stroke Awareness
• Wellbeing in the Workplace

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

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 | Thursday 12 March - 10.00-13.00

More training to be announced soon.

Kaleidoscope Brokerage Ltd

Kaleidoscope Brokerage Ltd offer a Start Right Employer/Employee Course exclusively to their clients. Email admin@kaleidoscopebrokerage.org.uk to find out more. 

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. Email charley@pathfindersalliance.org.uk to book. Starting 18th August 6pm.
• 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. Email info@pathfindersalliance.org.uk to book. Starting 15th September on monday evenings.
• 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. Email info@pathfindersalliance.org.uk to book. Starting in November date TBC.

Pathways

Pathways provide a range of training for both people who employ their own care and support and their personal assistants. 

• My right to be heard   | Wednesday 19 November 2025, 9:30-12:30 | Online | 
• My right to good mental health | Wednesday 28 January 2026, 10:00-15:00 | Online | 
• PASS-IT-ON | 3 sessions 4, 11, 18 February 2026, 10:30am-12:30 | Online | 
• Mental capacity act and supported decision making | Thursday 12 March 2026, 10:00-15:30 | Online | 

Moving from OK to great- online peer support sessions:

• Monday 24 November, 12:30-15:00 | 
• Monday 19 January, 12:30-15:00 | 
• Monday 16 February, 12:30-15:00 | 
• Monday 23 March, 12:30-15:00 | 

Surrey Independent Living Charity

Surrey Independent Living Charity offers the following training for individual employers and personal assistants: 

• 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
• 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
• Epilepsy awareness – Tuesday 17 March 2026 13:00
• Medication awareness  -  Thursday 26 March 2026 10:00

TrustonTap

The following training is available:

• Communication Training course for less experienced PA's - Q3 (Oct-Dec 25)
• Loneworking Training course for less experienced PA's - Q3 (Oct-Dec 25)
• Person centred care training course for less experienced PA's - Q3 (Oct-Dec 25)
• Understanding mental capacity and how it can affect how you deliver support - Q4 delivery (Jan-March 26)
• Understanding people's disability and circumstances - Q3 Delivery (Oct-Dec 25)
• Understanding importance of resilience and coping skills in your role as a PA - Q4 Delivery (Jan-Mar 26)
• Delegated Healthcare tasks x2 courses for experienced PAs - Q4 Delivery (Jan-Mar 26)
• Assistive technology webinar for PAs - Q4 (Jan-Mar 26)
• Bitesize training for TrustonTap PAs - Each week starting 1/8/25
• Bitesize training for TrustonTap IEs - Each week starting 1/8/25

Email James@trustontap.com to find out more.

Visits Unlimited

To book the following online workshops please email lorraine.accessiblecalderdale@gmail.com :

• Supporting Planning for Individual Employers - 3 December 6pm-8pm
• Managing your PA - 12 January 6pm-8pm
• Disability related expenses for Individual Employers - February (date TBC)
• Support sessions for Individual Employers - dates TBC

Your Support Matters

How to be a good employer course - 20th November 2025 1:00pm-5:30pm

To book please  and select your desired date

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