Advertise and recruit PAs
Have a think about all the people in your life, you might already know someone who could help you! SCC can support you to idenfity people in your life that you could ask to be your PA. You never know, it could be an extremely advantageous job for both of you. Employing people you already know is the preferred method of finding a PA, because you will already have an established level of trust and friendship.
If you can't think of anyone you know to be your PA, we can help you find someone by creating a job advert based on your Direct Payments package. Here is a printable form: Create Your Own Advert that you can complete and put wherever you wish (like your local shops or community halls) or you can send it back to us and we can post your advert on our website, on the Personal Assistants Network page or anywhere else you'd like.
Another way to create an advert is to complete our online form: Advertising for a PA job. We will then add your advert to our PA Opportunities tab and post elsewhere if you agree to it.
Now for the boring (but necessary!) bits:
We would always recommend that when employing a new Personal Assistant that you check references (please click for an example reference form) PA Reference Form from their latest employer and carry out PVG checks (we can help with this).
If through their previous employment they were registered with the SSSC (necessary if they have worked in a care home) then you can check their name on this website www.sssc.uk.com/search-the-register/ to check that they have not been stopped from practising. Please note: not everyone will be registered with the SSSC.