Information on work and employment.

If there is any information you need that you don't see here then contact us and we'll do our best to help.

NCVO

• The Good Guide to Employment. This book is aimed at employers in the voluntary sector. For more information click here.
  

RECRUITMENT & EMPLOYMENT CONFEDERATION (REC)

• A briefing sent out by REC detailing the forthcoming charges of VAT on temporary staff which will come into effect on 1 April 2009. To see the briefing click here

• Further clarification on the exemption group and if this includes P.A.s is being sought from HMRC by PA Net.

SKILLS FOR CARE

• Care Training Code: a guide for individuals buying in training for their own staff. This guide can be downloaded from the Skills for Care website, click here, select ‘Individuals’ for the relevant guide.

• Skills for Care South West: A Guide for People on Direct Payments who wish to employ a P.A. available in full or easy read.
  To download the full version click here.
  To download the easy-read version click here.

• Research Report - Employment Aspects and Workforce Implications of Direct Payments. The results of the first ever large-scale study of recipients of direct payments in their role as employers. Available to download from the Skills for Care New Types of Worker website
  

• Yvonne Furze was featured in an interview on Picking Your Pathways. This programme has lots of information on Personal Assitants and feedback from service users. Click here and select 'view video' in the panel to the right to watch the video.

THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

• The Expert Carers Programme is a training course designed to enable, inform, empower and develop Carers’ skills. For more information visit the DH website Expert Carers Page
  

THE DEPARTMENT OF WORK AND PENSIONS

• The Sixth Report of Session 2006-07 can be viewed here
  Or download the original here

ARC and ILA

We have, in partnership with Independent Living Alternatives and with funding from Skills for Care, produced a booklet specifically for people who employ their own Personal Assistants.

The booklet gives advice from recruitment and interview to employment. It gives sample documents including blank advertisements, letters, job descriptions and employment contracts which you can download and use. These are just samples and can be added to or amended as necessary but please be aware that you must abide by employment laws. Details of these are in the booklet and explained in more details on this page.

We have split the booklet into 2 parts - to see or download the first section of the booklet giving advice on the basic issues and legalities of employing staff click here

To see or download all the samples of the documents and forms click here

or to see individual forms or samples click on the specific document listed below.

Sample job description and personal specification

Blank job description and personal specification

Sample job advert

Sample application form

Interview checklist and sample interview questions

Sample letter inviting people for an interview

Sample letter telling people they are not being invited to an interview

Sample letter asking for a reference

Sample letter offering job

Sample letter turning down applicant

List of documents to prove the legal right to work in the UK

Sample contract of employment

Safety in the home checklist

Sample risk assessment

Sample disciplinary form

Sample grievance procedure

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