Direct Payments

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• 1. How your Direct Payment WorksMembers
• 1.1 How will the Direct Payment be paid?Members
• 1.2 Making a Personal Contribution (if you need to)Members
• 1.3 What you can spend your Direct Payment onMembers
• 1.4 Contingency FundMembers
• 1.5 Start Up GrantMembers
• 2.1 Record KeepingMembers
• 2.2 Bank AccountMembers
• 2.3 Bank Statements and Auditing InformationMembers
• 2.4 Account records sheetMembers
• 2.5 Using an organisation to support with the Direct PaymentMembers
• 2.6 TimesheetMembers
• 2.8 Who can do it?Members
• 2.9 What a third party doesMembers
• 2.10 What a third party doesn’t doMembers
• 3. Using a Care AgencyMembers
• 3.1 Terms and ConditionsMembers
• 3.2 RatesMembers
• 3.3 Risk AssessmentsMembers
• 3.4 RegistrationMembers
• 3.5 InvoicesMembers
• 4. Recruiting a Personal Assistant (PA)Members
• 4.1 AdvertisingMembers
• 4.2 ShortlistingMembers
• 4.3 InterviewingMembers
• 4.4 ReferencesMembers
• 4.5 Disclosure and Barring Checks (DBS)Members
• 4.6 DiscriminationMembers
• 5.1 Who you can EmployMembers
• 5.2 Personal Assistants (PAs) who care for childrenMembers
• 5.3 Rates of PayMembers
• 5.4 Holiday PayMembers
• 5.5 Employment StatusMembers
• 5.6 Checking the Identity of your staffMembers
• 5.7 Things you must do as an employerMembers
• 5.8 Contract of employmentMembers
• 5.9 Job DescriptionMembers
• 5.10 Using a Payroll ServiceMembers
• 5.11 Employer’s and Public Liability InsuranceMembers
• 5.12 Risk AssessmentMembers
• 5.13 TrainingMembers
• 5.14 Managing StaffMembers
• 5.15 Contingency PlanningMembers
• 5.16 Being a good EmployerMembers
• 5.17 More Advice on being an EmployerMembers
• 6. TrainingMembers
• 6.1 The Importance of TrainingMembers
• 6.2 What training can I get?Members
• 6.3 Where is the training done?Members
• 6.4 Skills for CareMembers
• 7.1 Advice for youMembers
• 7.2 Advice for your Personal AssistantMembers
• 8. Useful LinksMembers

Employing a Personal Assistant

• 5.1 Who you can EmployMembers
• 5.2 Personal Assistants (PAs) who care for childrenMembers
• 5.3 Rates of PayMembers
• 5.4 Holiday PayMembers
• 5.5 Employment StatusMembers
• 5.6 Checking the Identity of your staffMembers
• 5.7 Things you must do as an employerMembers
• 5.8 Contract of employmentMembers
• 5.9 Job DescriptionMembers
• 5.10 Using a Payroll ServiceMembers
• 5.11 Employer’s and Public Liability InsuranceMembers
• 5.12 Risk AssessmentMembers
• 5.13 TrainingMembers
• 5.14 Managing StaffMembers
• 5.15 Contingency PlanningMembers
• 5.16 Being a good EmployerMembers
• 5.17 More Advice on being an EmployerMembers

Getting Further Advice

• 7.1 Advice for youMembers
• 7.2 Advice for your Personal AssistantMembers

How your Direct Payment Works

• 1. How your Direct Payment WorksMembers
• 1.1 How will the Direct Payment be paid?Members
• 1.2 Making a Personal Contribution (if you need to)Members
• 1.3 What you can spend your Direct Payment onMembers
• 1.4 Contingency FundMembers
• 1.5 Start Up GrantMembers

Paperwork

• 2.1 Record KeepingMembers
• 2.2 Bank AccountMembers
• 2.3 Bank Statements and Auditing InformationMembers
• 2.4 Account records sheetMembers
• 2.5 Using an organisation to support with the Direct PaymentMembers
• 2.6 TimesheetMembers
• 2.8 Who can do it?Members
• 2.9 What a third party doesMembers
• 2.10 What a third party doesn’t doMembers

Recruiting a Personal Assistant

• 4. Recruiting a Personal Assistant (PA)Members
• 4.1 AdvertisingMembers
• 4.2 ShortlistingMembers
• 4.3 InterviewingMembers
• 4.4 ReferencesMembers
• 4.5 Disclosure and Barring Checks (DBS)Members
• 4.6 DiscriminationMembers

Training

• 6. TrainingMembers
• 6.1 The Importance of TrainingMembers
• 6.2 What training can I get?Members
• 6.3 Where is the training done?Members
• 6.4 Skills for CareMembers

Useful Links

• 8. Useful LinksMembers

Using a Care Agency

• 3. Using a Care AgencyMembers
• 3.1 Terms and ConditionsMembers
• 3.2 RatesMembers
• 3.3 Risk AssessmentsMembers
• 3.4 RegistrationMembers
• 3.5 InvoicesMembers