Personal Assistants

Please can you pass the information sheets and text below to your contacts that may a Personal Assistant or anyone that may be able to pass on to Personal Assistants?

PAs

We are now commencing the second phase of our study to recruit Personal Assistants to take part in an interview.

Please can you forward the text below, along with the participant information (attached) to:

• your contacts that may be a Personal Assistant,
• anyone else that may be able to pass on the information below to Personal Assistants

The University of South Wales, in partnership with Data Cymru are conducting research on behalf of the Welsh Government to better understand the role and experiences of Personal Assistants (PAs) in Wales.

For the purpose of this research, anyone who is paid directly by the person they support, or immediate family of the person they support, is considered a Personal Assistant. If you are a Personal Assistant, then this is your chance to have your say.

The study team would like to invite Personal Assistants in Wales to take part in either a telephone or online interview. More information about the study and what your involvement would entail are provided in the participant information sheet attached.

Please feel free to contact the researchers to ask any questions.

In order to register your interest in taking part, please contact: sarah.wallace(at)southwales.ac.uk

Or you can book a day and time to talk to us by clicking here: Personal Assistants and their Employers/Cynorthwywyr Personol a'u Cyflogwyr Tickets, Multiple Dates | Eventbrite

Employers

Please can you pass the information sheets and text below to your contacts that:

• Are in receipt of a Direct Payment for the purposes of employing a Personal Assistant;
• May be employing a Personal Assistant with their own money;
• Can pass the invitation to take part to any of the above

Employers

We are now commencing the second phase of our study to recruit employers to take part in an interview.

Please can you forward the text below, along with the participant information (attached) to your contacts that:

• Are in receipt of a Direct Payment for the purposes of employing a Personal Assistant;
• May be employing a Personal Assistant with their own money;
• Can pass the invitation to take part to any of the above.

The University of South Wales, in partnership with Data Cymru are conducting research on behalf of the Welsh Government to better understand the role and experiences of Personal Assistants (PAs) in Wales and about the employment relationship you have with your PA(s).

For the purposes of this research, anyone you pay directly for support are classed as Personal Assistants. If you employ Personal Assistants, then this is your chance to have your say.

The study team would like to invite employers in Wales to take part in either a telephone or online interview. More information about the study and what your involvement would entail are provided in the participant information sheet attached.

Please feel free to contact the researchers to ask any questions.

In order to register your interest in taking part, please contact: sarah.wallace(at)southwales.ac.uk

Or you can book a day and time to talk to us by clicking here: Personal Assistants and their Employers/Cynorthwywyr Personol a'u Cyflogwyr Tickets, Multiple Dates | Eventbrite