As part of Skills for Care's New Types of Worker project’s Anne Pridmore and Tina Walton are carrying out an online survey.
They are looking for Disabled People who employ their own Personal Assistants (PA)/Carers/Support Workers to take part by completing the survey. They would also like to receive completed surveys from family carers or anyone else who manages PA's or receives an individual budget or direct payment on behalf of the person being supported by PA’s.
The online survey is available at https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/M8YTK7W
It has recognised that online surveys are not accessible to everyone so please contact Reshma Patel on 0778 754 7466 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it if you need the survey in a different format such as word or printed. Reshma Patel is happy to arrange a telephone interview to complete the survey with anyone wishing to.
The research is funded by Skills for Care and will help them to identify what is important to disabled people when employing staff and retaining (keeping) staff over a long period of time.
The survey is about what makes a good working relationship between a PA and the disabled employer. It has been designed by disabled people from what disabled people and family carers have said about their own relationship with their PA’s.
They need as many people as possible to complete the survey. So please do pass on this information to anyone you feel may be interested.
More information about this research can be found on www.newtypesofworker.co.uk Project Title: Personal Assistants - effective relationships
The Survey will close on 13 January 2010.