User Led Organisation Funding

ULO funding grants are awarded to pay for training which will improve the knowledge and skills of personal assistants (PAs) and their employers (individual employers).

• Individual employers are people who employ their own care and support staff using a social care direct payment from their local authority or their own money.
• Personal assistants (PAs) are people who are employed directly by individuals (or families) who require care and support, rather than care providing organisations.

ULO's will be funded for the cost of learning that meets the needs of individual employers and PAs, for example:

• health and safety such as; assisting and moving, first aid or food safety
• disability equality training
• understanding the role of an employer or employer responsibilities
• managing staff
• boundaries and expectations of the employer and employee relationship
• training to support specific situations (e.g. autism, dementia, BSL etc)
• knowledge elements of the Care Certificate standards and where appropriate assessment that leads to the award of the Care Certificate.

The above list is not exhaustive.