Training and development

This section provides examples of training initiatives for council staff, personal assistants and direct payment holders.

• Discussing and providing direct payments - process steps for practitioners
  These two slides from Warwickshire Direct Payments team present the steps involved in the process of discussing and providing Direct Payments with users. They are useful as a check list and in training...
• Training available for direct payment employees/support workers in LB Islington
  This document outlines the courses available in Islington for support workers/employees of Direct Payment users. It includes the application form used for this purpose.
• Personal assistant training - Middlesbrough
  In Middlesbrough training is offered to each person employing a personal assistant. For further information contact: Catherine Stokeld, Lead Officer, Direct Payments, Middlesbrough 01642 729587.
• Pat's story - a carer's use of direct payments
  This is the story of how Direct Payment's helped Pat, the mother and carer of a child with disabilities, to pursue training in the profession of her choice. She now has a career as a therapeutic couns...
• Training resource pack for mental health staff - Sunderland
  This document by Sunderland council provides training materials and essential information (including a process flow chart) about Direct Payments for mental health staff. Contact Direct Payments Manager,...