Personal Home Care Services

In a Health & Social Care setting, a PA is someone employed to help people with a whole host of day-to-day activities. 

These activities can include;

Personal Care (showering, dressing, etc.)

Admin tasks

Cooking and preparing food

Shopping

Supporting the individual with social and physical activities

Supporting the individual to get to work, school, university

Support with household activities

The activities the PA is required to support will depend heavily on the individual employer.

There are many differences between a PA and a Home / Domiciliary Care Worker; the main one being that Personal Assistants are employed by the individual directly (The Individual Employer), as opposed to domiciliary care workers who are employed by a service/ agency and provide care to individuals based on a needs analysis from either the service or the local authority.

Another key distinction is the level of control the individual has on the level of care support they receive. For an Individual Employer (IE) with a PA they can decide the “who, what, how and when” for their care. Domiciliary Care however differs in this regard as the service/ agency and/ or local authority decide the level of care required, and how and when it will be delivered.

There are several routes to funding for Individual Employers (IEs) to be able to employ one or more Personal Assistants.

The main routes to funding in England are through:

Local Authority Social care direct payments

NHS Personal Health Budget (PHB)

Self-funding

We support both Individual Employers and Personal Assistants with their training needs, documentation, and care planning.

We offer training courses suitable for Individual Employers and Personal Assistants. All of these courses are tailored to the needs of the client, and work with you to make sure the content is meaningful and effective.

We are pleased to offer templates and resources for Personal Assistants and Individual Employers. These resources are available at request via the contact form at the bottom of this page.

Care Plan Templates

Handover Documents

Body maps

Induction Plans

Funding Process Maps

We are available to support with using these documents too and can work with you and your Personal Assistant/ Individual Employer to get the most out of these documents.