What is a Personal Assistant?
A Personal Assistant (PA) is someone who is employed to provide everyday care and support. This may include personal and domestic care, support to get out and about, as well as other day to day activities. A PA can offer the most control over services as they are better able to support an individual's specific needs and promote independence.
All PA's listed on NottsHelpYourself have completed the Nottinghamshire County Council's Support with Confidence Programme.
This means they have:
- Undertaken three modules of E-learning including Safeguarding Adults and Children
- Two references have been obtained and an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and barred list check has been completed.
The scheme is free and open to all existing and prospective Personal Assistants wanting to work within Nottinghamshire and Nottingham City.
A full list of registered PAs can be found here.
Are you currently working as a Personal Assistant and have a current Enhanced DBS and barred list check in place? Do you have current capacity to work with individuals? If so, please email DP Enquiries. For more information and support on how to get listed on the site, please email Notts Help Yourself Enquiries.
If you currently employ a Personal Assistant or are looking to employ a Personal Assistant you may benefit from accessing the Skills for Care Individual Emlployers toolkit which has step by step guide on the process and useful information to assist you as an Employer.
