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PERSONAL SUPPORT WORKER TRAINING – March-December 2005
The Centre for Access and Communication Studies at the University of
Bristol will be running another of its highly successful Personal Support
Worker in Employment training programmes, from March-December 2005.
This programme is funded by the European Social Fund and for applicants who
fulfil the funding criteria, there will be no course fee, and reasonable
travel, overnight accommodation and dependent or childcare costs will be
refunded.
The programme provides a modular training package for Personal Support
Workers / Personal Assistants who already work with disabled people in
education, employment and other spheres, or those who wish to work in this
area. It introduces and consolidates the knowledge and skills required to
work as a PSW, and aims to enable the student to perform these services in
an informed and professional manner.
The course includes modules in: Disability Equality, Deaf Awareness and
Communication Tactics, Working with Visually Impaired People, Notetaking,
Deafblind Support Work, Working with People with Learning Difficulties,
Personal Assistance Training and Working with People with Autistic Spectrum
Disorder.
Please pass this information on to anyone you think may be interested. For
further information and an application form for the selection sessions,
please contact Kate Thomas, Organising Tutor on 0117 954 5718 or at
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