Is being an Individual Employer right for me?
There are many benefits to employing your own Personal Assistant. For example, you can:
- Choose who supports you and when.
- Build up a close working relationship with your Personal Assistant.
- You can be more flexible than if you used a care agency for your support.
Hear from other Individual Employers:
Skills for Care have examples of other Individual Employers. They share information on things like:
- What qualities they seek in a Personal Assistant.
- How to find the right Personal Assistant for you.
- The training they provided • finding a Personal Assistant on behalf of someone else.
Please see the Skills for Care to hear from other Individual Employers.
Before becoming an Individual Employer, ensure you are ready to follow the legal requirements of having a Personal Assistant. Ignoring rules can lead to HMRC investigations and legal problems.
This may sound daunting, there are organisations set up to support you:
- Skills for Care
Having an individual employer toolkit covering everything you need to know about employing your Personal Assistant.
Please see the Skills for Care - Individual Employer toolkit.
- Acas
The Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service offer support on, employment law, HR process and good practice at work.
Please visit the ACAS webpage for further information.