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Hi Jackie Complicated - unless you have a person in post who can take this on in addition to other duties. The personal care needs for the student could be funded through his/her local social services department, but it will need an assessment by them. It will still be hard to find somebody just for those hours. Another source of funding for the student would be access to learning (which if you can do it would be a lot easier to obtain). The staff member should be able to fund their support either through a social services assessment or possibly through access to work funding. As you have two people needing somebody to fulfil the same role for them, you might be able to share the cost between them for one post (or part of a post). Elaine From: Discussion list for disabled students and their support staff. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Evans, Jacqueline M. Sent: 13 May 2008 16:41 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Occasional Non-medical Helper Needs Dear colleagues, I currently have a student and a staff member who both need assistance when going to the toilet while on campus. I am interested to know how other institutions fund/charge for these support workers that are needed occasionally during the day but not occupied by other tasks for the individuals concerned? I look forward to hearing from you, regards Jackie Evans Jackie Evans Disabilities Consultative Officer Student Enabling Centre Student Gateway University of Wolverhampton Stafford Street Wolverhampton WV1 1SB (01902) 321073 -- Scanned by iCritical.