
Direct Payments and Individual Service Fund Strategy (2021-2024):
Direct Payments and Individual Service Fund Strategy booklet – (2021-2024)
Adult Care Services Direct Payment Booklet:
Adult Care Services Direct Payments booklet – Jan 2023
Children Care Services Direct Payments booklet:
Children Care Services Direct Payments booklet – Jan 2023
Workforce Development and Partnership Team training information:
ACS Learning and Development Provider Services Training Calendar April 2025 – March 2026
ACS Training Booking Guidance
To request a place on a training course:
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Return the completed form to:
📧 acslearninganddevelopment@hertfordshire.gov.uk
Before Booking:
✅ Manager Approval – Ensure you have authorisation from your manager before applying.
Confirmation & Course Details:
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You will receive a confirmation email once your place is secured. This will be sent well in advance of the course date.
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Two weeks before the course date, you will receive a course reminder with Joining Instructions, including MS Teams/Zoom links where applicable.
If You Do Not Receive Confirmation:
📞 If you have not received confirmation within 10 days before the course starts, please contact acslearninganddevelopment@hertfordshire.gov.uk
Cancellations & Rebooking:
⚠️ If there are not enough bookings 4 weeks before the course date, the event will be cancelled, and delegates will be notified. We will do our best to rebook delegates onto a suitable alternative.
Attendance Policy:
🎯 Bookings are accepted with the expectation that delegates will attend the full course, whether virtual or face-to-face.
Cancelling Your Booking:
❗ If you need to cancel, please provide sufficient notice via email.
Failure to attend without prior notice may affect your eligibility for future course bookings.
HCPA Approved list of training providers:
Hertfordshire Care Providers association – approved list of training providers for PAs
Purple Employing a PA toolkit:
Purple Employing a Personal Assistant toolkit document
Introduction to Direct Payments and Relevant Legislation lead by David Ashley from the Independent Living Group
Click here to view the webinar replay
Click here to view the slides
Introduction to Person centred care
Click here to view the introduction guide
Help guide to joining FREE Direct Payment holder trainings and peer support using Microsoft teams
Direct Payments process flowchart
Click here to view the Direct Payments process flowchart
Pre-paid card help guide
Click here to view the Pre-paid card help guide
Your responsibilities as an employer fact sheet
Click here to view the employer responsibilities fact sheet
S.M.A.R.T Goals printable sheet
Setting goals can help us reach what we want, it can be anything you would like to achieve such as learning a new skill, building confidence, becoming more active or feeling part of a community. S.M.A.R.T. targets can help, they can make big goals feel smaller and clearer.
Click here to view the Smart Goals Planner worksheet – printable
Personal Assistant (PA) Interview questions help sheet – example script
Click here to view the Personal Assistant (PA) Interview questions help sheet – example script