In 2010, the Scottish Goverment published the findings of a study of the workforce and employment issues surrounding Self-Directed Support (SDS) carried out by Reid Howie Associates. Self-Directed Support (SDS) provides funding for people to arrange support to meet some, or all of their assessed community care needs, instead of receiving services directly provided by a public body. Most people use the money to employ a personal assistant (PA) and / or to buy support from a service provider. They commissioned this research to identify the issues facing SDS clients who employ PAs and to assess their training and support needs. The study set out to identify: workforce issues; ways to support SDS clients as employers; and strategies to develop and support the PA workforce. It was intended that this would contribute to improving the quality and provision of the SDS sector workforce in Scotland. To read the full research document, please click on the attachment below.

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