Your responsibilities as an employer
If you use your direct payments to employ a personal assistant (PA) to meet the needs of your child, you’ll have certain responsibilities for anyone you employ.
You’ll be given advice from a children’s direct payment adviser with this.
This will include:
- accessing advice on tax and national insurance
- help with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks
- help with other issues to help you manage your responsibilities as an employer.
If the person employed will be working in a school environment to support the young person, then there must be a service level agreement in place with the school.
This needs to include:
- any induction or training the school requires the person to undertake, for example, health and safety and first aid
- any security measures that the person will need to adhere to, for example, if a pass is required to get around the building
- brief outline of duties and responsibilities of that person
- point of contact in the school for the person in cases of emergency
- confirmation that a DBS check has been completed and the DBS number
- a contingency plan for if the person supporting the young person is off sick or doesn't not turn up.
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