Introduction
In 2007 Care Learning, funded by Skills for Care South West Learning Resource Network, managed a project with people on direct payments to develop a guide for those who wish to employ a personal assistant.
This guide is designed to give some tips and ideas on how to go about recruiting a personal assistant. It includes the things that people on direct payments need to consider and where they can find out more information. It highlights most of the legal requirements an individual would need to consider as an employer.
It is available as a full guide and an easy-to-read guide.
These documents are in Adobe Acrobat Read Format (PDF) and are large documents so may take a while to download depending on your connection.
Skills for Care - Toolkit to help people employ their own personal assistants
Source: http://www.skillsforcare.org.uk/entry_to_social_care/recruitment/PAtoolkit.aspx
Skills for Care, together with Association for Real Change (ARC), has developed a toolkit to support people to employ their own personal assistants.
The toolkit helps small employers deal with the basic issues and legalities of employing their own staff, such as:
- Employing a personal assistant.
- Being a good employer.
- Getting started.
- Keeping your personal assistant.
- Sorting out problems.
- Additional resources.
Each section has a list of key questions and tasks, some 'essentials' and links to sources of help.
There are also templates available for some of the bits of paperwork you will need, available within the main document and as word documents on this webpage.
Toolkit to help people employ their own personal assistants
sample job description and person specification
sample application form
interview checklist and sample interview questions
sample letter inviting people for an interview
Sample letter telling people they’ve not got an interview
sample letter asking for a reference
sample letter offering the job
sample letter turning down an applicant
sample contract of employment
safety in the home checklist
sample risk assessment
sample disciplinary form
The toolkit is supported by Association for Real Change (ARC) and NAAPS.
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