Direct payments with the e-card

Chloe_Alumni

I'm so glad you felt about to say something @Rifi7! After having PA's full time for 3 years I know it can be so difficult when they are taking advantage. You are in charge and you deserve to have the best care possible.

I appreciate how hard it can be to look for someone else, but here is a guide to hiring a carer/PA which you might find helpful.  

Rifi7

Adrian_Scope. Thank you very much for your comment. Yes I feel empowered and once the timesheet comes I will feel more in control. If it wasn’t for this forum I would have never learnt about this timesheet, so thank you.

Rifi7

Chloe_Scope
thank you. 

Thanks for the link about hiring a PA. I have put an advert for PA but unfortunately the only people I had contact me did not want to go on the payroll and none were self employed.

poppy123456

Rifi7 said:

There’s no turning back now. I was weak and yes I felt vulnerable. After the lose of my twin brother I lost my confidence but now I feel strong and more like my old self.

Yourself, Chiarieds, Pollyanna and Spiceman are wonderful. You all offer something different. You are all assets to this forum. Despite what your going through yourselves you continue to offer advice and support.

A big thank you from me.

Thank you for the kind words! the PA advertising, when i employed my daughters PA payroll advertised on my behalf and then i interviewed them. Personally, i found it easier to let payroll do that and to manage some of the work like payslips and Tax extra. They contact me every 4 weeks by email, sending me her payslip and what amount needs to paid to HMRC as well as the amount to payroll. I just log onto the direct payments online banking and pay who i need to.

Rifi7

How did you find the people who offer this service. Care In Finance was sent to me from Social Services but they have not be great. I didn’t know about the timesheet until you mentioned it. I was told very little about how to find a PA. To be honest I was grieving at the same time this was going on and I don’t know how much I would have taken in. Hi 

poppy123456

They were recommended to me by my daughters social worker at the time.

Chloe_Alumni

I really hope you can find someone suitable soon, have you spoken to your social worker about this?