You can register as a Personal Care Assistant on PA Pool, for free, and start looking for work as soon as your profile has been approved. For any Personal Care Assistants (PAs/Carers) who are having trouble registering and using PA Pool, please follow the steps below. Additionally, please like our Facebook page to get our [...]

If you’re an individual who employs your own personal assistants (PAs) using a personal health budget, you can apply for funding from Skills for Care for training for yourself and your staff. Find out more about the funding and download the application form from the Skills for Care website. If you’re a PA and your [...]

Disability Rights UK has produced a manifesto on what the disability rights sector should be seeking from a post-EU UK. Disabled people make up one in five of the UK population and the manifesto sets out the implications for disabled people in the UK.  Each and every one of them will be affected by policy [...]

A Producer from the BBC is developing a series of short films for BBC Three online, which shines a light on disabled children from all backgrounds, and the dedicated parents who care for them. The producers are keen to speak to parents about their experiences, to learn more about daily life and how both parent [...]

Not-for-profit website for disabled people and Personal Care Assistants - PA Pool is celebrating its 10th birthday this year. The award-winning, market-leading website is for disabled people looking to employ a Personal Care Assistant (PA) or carer, and for PAs (carers) looking for work, allowing members to interactively manage their own recruitment or employment. The [...]

Funding is now available for direct payment receipts and self-funders who employ their own carers. If you’re an individual employer who employs your own personal assistants through a direct payment or with your own money, you can apply for funding from Skills for Care for training for yourself and your staff. Find out more about [...]

NHS England are running a public consultation on Personal Health Budgets (PHB) and are hosting an online survey on them. They want to hear from as many people as possible whether they have one, want one, can't get one or don't want one! This is a rare opportunity to voice your opinions and experiences. You [...]

Disability Rights UK has partnered with University of Birmingham to conduct a study into how we produce knowledge and information about physical activity aimed at disabled people. Get Yourself Active and the University of Birmingham want to find out what you think about how information about physical activity and sport is presented to disabled people. [...]

It started with news of the NHS cyberattack and then rapidly spread… Articles focusing on the ransomware attacks have dominated the headlines over the last few days, affecting organisations across the world. If you are unsure of your security levels, then the general protect advice is as follows: Install system and application updates on all [...]

Mark Bates Ltd is a leading specialist independent living insurance company. Based in Lincolnshire, Mark Bates Ltd is a family run business with over 20 years in the industry. Their goal has always been to offer value cover and service to their customers so as to ensure they return year after year. The growth of [...]

A private healthcare provider, called Cera, has signed a deal with Uber to transport its carers and home patients. Cera said it had struck a deal with Uber to transport its London-based carers to their patients, while its disabled customers will be able to use UberAssist and UberWav (see below) to get out and about. [...]

If you employ your own PAs, either through social care funding (direct payment) or with your own money, you can apply for money for training from Skills for Care for training for yourself and your staff. Applications for funding close on Tuesday 28 February 2017 so make sure you don’t miss out and send your [...]

PA Pool has been asked by Baroness Campbell of Surbiton DBE to seek out your personal views and fears on the impact of Brexit in relation to people with disabilities. As a result we would specifically like your comments to the following questions by Tuesday 31 January: How many EU nationals have you successfully recruited [...]

We have been contacted by the Spinal Injuries Association, the leading national user-led charity for spinal cord injured (SCI) people with regards to their study days taking place in 2017. The Spinal Injuries Association (SIA) hold a popular series of healthcare professional Study Days and, on 22 February 2017 are launching a new Study Day [...]

Thank you for your continued support. We hope that you like the new website. Its been an enormous undertaking and is still not 100% as we want it, but we really appreciate your patience and feedback. Please continue to send us your feedback, by email to: admin@papool.co.uk and on our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/PAPoolLtd/. We would [...]

Blue Badge Mobility Insurance is a specialist insurance company providing niche products specifically designed to meet our clients needs. They have used their experience and expertise to create a range of policies including cover for carers and personal assistants. As a Care Worker or Personal Assistant (PA) you make a big difference to someone else’s [...]