Are you looking to build your skills and knowledge in order to gain employment in the care industry? Are you employed as a Personal Assistant or do you employ your own Personal Assistants and want to access further training for them?
If you answered yes to any of the above, Disability Sheffield are running a number of FREE courses for existing and aspiring Personal Assistants in partnership with Skills for Care and Sheffield City Council.
A one day course that enables learners to attain the knowledge and competencies needed to deal with a range of emergency situations, including managing an unresponsive casualty, assisting a casualty who is choking and assisting a casualty who is wounded and bleeding.
There are practical elements to this course e.g. CPR and recovery position. Learners must be physically able to carry out these tasks and are advised to wear clothing that does not restrict their ability to take part. You must also attend the full session to be eligible for assessment.
Participants must bring photo ID to enable them to obtain a final certificate. This can be:
- a valid passport
- UK driving license
- warrant card
- other (i.e student card)
Venue: Moorfoot
Booking onto these courses is essential and numbers are limited. If you require any more information or to register for a place, please email tess.daly@disabilitysheffield.org.uk
You can view full details of the training courses on various topics over the next 6 months on our leaflet .