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Information for individual employers

Employing your own personal assistants gives you the choice and control over who supports you and when. However becoming an employer can be daunting and there are things that you need to think about.

Our Employing personal assistants toolkit will help you to think about your responsibilities as an employer, and includes guidance, templates and resources about recruiting, training and managing your team.

Click on the headings below to find out more, including a Word and PDF version of the toolkit. You can also email us for a free printed copy.

You can find out more about being an individual employer, including useful videos, case studies and local support organisations, here.

Recruiting a PA

This section guides you through the process of recruiting a personal assistant, including advertising, the application form and interviewing.

Before your PA starts

This section outlines the key tasks that you should do before your personal assistant starts work.

Managing and developing your PA

This section explains what you need to do once your personal assistant starts work and explains more about training.

Sorting out problems

This section explains how you can sort out some of the problems that you might come across.

Templates

This section links to useful templates to help you when employing a personal assistant.