8 Personal Assistant courses delivered Live Online

Discover how to elevate your career as an executive assistant or personal assistant with our comprehensive EA Mastery Workshop. Gain new skills, strategies, and tools to maximize your impact and achieve success.

Ready to stop sending your resume into the void? It’s time to master a fundamental life skill for every ambitious administrative professional: crafting a resume that doesn’t just list your entire work history, but actually it gets you interviews. Join us for an intensive workshop where we reveal the industry secrets behind the art and science of standout resumes.

In this practical workshop session we will explore ways of including young people of all ages who experience anxiety some of whom may well be on the autism spectrum. The session will be values based and practical and will aim to allow the sharing of experiences and good practice as well as promoting innovative approaches to inclusion through the design of best practice. COURSE CATEGORY Autism and Communication Inclusion Parents and Carers Behaviour and Relationships Meeting emotional needs DESCRIPTION In this practical workshop session we will explore ways of including anxious children in mainstream schools and settings. The session will be values based and practical and will aim to allow the sharing of experiences and good practice as well as promoting innovative approaches to inclusion through the design of best practice. Family perspectives and experiences will also be explored. This is not a ‘medical model’ day on anxiety.  TESTIMONIALS ‘Really gave me an idea of how people feel and helped me think how to plan to meet their needs.’ ‘Really useful insights’  LEARNING OBJECTIVES * Increased confidence and understanding regarding including anxious children * Access to a wider range of practical strategies to impact on anxiety * Deeper understanding of core values surrounding inclusion * New skills and processes to strengthen the inclusion of anxious children * Insights and understanding of sensory sensitivities * Understanding increased in area of movement differences  WHO IS IT FOR? * Personal Assistants * Teachers * Heads and deputies * Guidance staff * Learning support teams * SENCOs * Primary and secondary teachers * Parents * Brothers and sisters * Local authority support services * Community workers and carers COURSE CONTENT The course answers the questions : * What is anxiety? * How do we go about including anxious children? * Can we understand more deeply what is going on underneath concerning behaviours? Key themes include: * Movement differences * Supports and Accommodations for Sensory Sensitivities * Developing Friendships and Peer Support * Learning to Listen 

The Extreme Person Centred Thinking Tools are a set of tools to support dreams, build relationships and connections and promote capacity thinking. The aim of the extreme person centred thinking tools training is not to teach people how to facilitate plans, instead it is about sharing tools that can be used to listen and reflect and creatively involve people in planning their own lives. Online Course now available via Teachable Platform [https://inclusive-solutions-school.teachable.com/courses] – Person Centred Mindset [https://inclusive-solutions-school.teachable.com/p/person-centred-mindset] Learn at your own pace… lots of text and video support https://inclusive-solutions-school.teachable.com/p/person-centred-mindset COURSE CATEGORY Person Centred Planning DESCRIPTION The Extreme Person Centred Thinking Tools are a set of tools to support dreams, build relationships and connections and promote capacity thinking. The aim of the extreme person centred thinking tools training is not to teach people how to facilitate plans, instead it is about sharing tools that can be used to listen and reflect and creatively involve people in planning their own lives. Many of these tools have been taken from MAPS [https://inclusive-solutions.com/product/maps-process-step-by-step-guide/] and PATH [https://inclusive-solutions.com/product/path-process-step-by-step-guide/], and parts also build on the person centred thinking tools. TESTIMONIALS > Be the first… LEARNING OBJECTIVES This course will provide participants with an understanding of how to use a range of extreme person centred thinking tools to; 1. Use graphics to facilitate creative conversations 2. Learn from people’s stories and histories 3. Listen to and facilitate dreams and nightmares 4. Think about what is positive and possible 5. Connect people with their communities 6. Facilitate inclusion WHO IS IT FOR? * Person Centred Planning Facilitators * Support Workers / Day Centre Officers / Residential Workers * Personal Assistants / Teaching Assistants * Families * Self Advocates * Social Workers * CAMHS teams * Primary and secondary staff teams * SENCOs * Local Authority Support Services COURSE CONTENT The course will introduce participants to a range of tools focused around supporting relationships, realising dreams, connecting people with their communities and capacity thinking. Participants will be coached in using the tools and given the opportunity to practice the tools and their graphic facilitation skills in a safe environment. The course will answer the following questions: * How can we use ideas from MAP [https://inclusive-solutions.com/product/maps-process-step-by-step-guide/] and PATH [https://inclusive-solutions.com/product/path-process-step-by-step-guide/] in our day to day work? * How can I use graphics to facilitate conversations? * How can we learn more about the people we support? * How can we start to think about connecting people to their communities? If you liked this course you may well like: PERSON CENTRED PLANNING USING PATH AND MAPS [https://inclusive-solutions.com/training/person-centred-planning-using-path-and-maps/]

In this practical workshop session we will explore ways of including people who have been labelled as being on the autism spectrum. The session will be values based and practical and will aim to allow the sharing of experiences and good practice as well promoting innovative approaches to inclusion through the design of best practice. Online Course now available via Teachable Platform [https://inclusive-solutions-school.teachable.com/courses] – Understanding Movement Differences [https://inclusive-solutions-school.teachable.com/p/understanding-movement-differences/] Learn at your own pace… lots of text and video support COURSE CATEGORY Autism and Communication Inclusion Parents and Carers Behaviour and Relationships DESCRIPTION In this practical workshop session we will explore ways of including people who have been labelled as being on the autism spectrum. The session will be values based and practical and will aim to allow the sharing of experiences and good practice as well promoting innovative approaches to inclusion through the design of best practice. Family perspectives and experiences will also be explored. This is not a ‘medical model’ day on autism. Our motto for the day is ‘People do things for a Reason (and the reason isn’t autism).’ We make full use of first hand accounts of the experience of autism – the autobiographies – to deepen participants’ understanding of what it means to be labelled ‘autistic’ > “We are all much more simply human than otherwise, be we happy and successful, > contented and detached, miserable and disordered, or whatever.” > > HARRY STACK SULLIVAN TESTIMONIALS > ‘Very respectful of people on the spectrum.’ > ‘Really gave me an idea of how people feel.’ > ‘Ways of reaching a person not a condition.’ > > CLAIRE LEARNING OBJECTIVES 1. Increased confidence regarding including autistic people 2. Access to a wider range of practical strategies to impact on communication and behaviour issues 3. Deeper understanding of core values surrounding inclusion 4. New skills and processes to strengthen the inclusion of autistic people WHO IS IT FOR? * Social Care workers * Personal Assistants * Early years and school based practitioners * Heads and deputies * Guidance staff * Learning support teams * SENCOs * Primary and secondary teachers * Parents * Brothers and sisters * Local authority support services * Community workers and carers COURSE CONTENT The course answers the questions : * What is autism? * How do we go about including autistic people? * What does autism have to do with me? Key themes include: * Movement differences * Strategies for Facilitating Communication * Supports and Accommodations for Sensory Sensitivities * Developing Friendships and Peer Support * School and Family Partnerships * Learning to Listen Positive Behavioural Supports

Bitesize Masterclass on AI - facilitated by Fiona Young, Leading Expert and Trainer.    Are you a total beginner to AI? Or maybe you've dabbled but found it all overwhelming...or underwhelming?  Then this bitesize masterclass on AI is for you!    We'll be covering AI fundamentals, what AI means for exec support roles, and practically how to use AI chatbots (like ChatGPT and Copilot) to shortcut admin drudgery.    You’ll come away from this session with the confidence and skills to start using AI in your workflow right away, making you more efficient and giving you time back to do more of the human work you love.    Note that this is NOT a passive webinar — we'll have demos, discussions and breakouts. You'll get a chance to practice using AI chatbots in the room for real world projects with other forward-thinking assistants like you.  Here's a detailed breakdown of session content: AI fundamentals  •    Defining AI, gen AI and other need to know terms  •    Key AI risks to be aware of  •    Exciting tools for assistants right now How AI will change the assistant role  •    Explore our feelings about AI right now  •    Some predictions on what AI means for the future of exec support  •    What you can do to win in the age of AI A practical guide to using ChatGPT and LLMs at work  •    How to use AI chatbots in your workflow  •    How to craft great prompts to optimise outputs  •    A chance to practice & workshop prompting in the room   Fiona Young is founder of Carve, a series of live digital courses for executive assistants to learn AI, create capacity and develop into a strategic assistant — carving out their career growth in the process. Before launching Carve, Fiona spent five years leading learning programs at Hive Learning, the b2b peer learning app. She previously ran Learning & Development for Blenheim Chalcot, one of the world’s most successful venture builders, overseeing group learning strategy and programs for 3,000 people across 25 ventures.  Fiona started her career as an executive assistant in entrepreneurial businesses. 

24-hour postural care CPD training ,focussing on supported lying for hands-on workforce.

Free online MS Awareness training session for care providers