Definition: A Personal Assistant is a person employed to help someone with their daily social care in a way that is right for them. Using their Personal Budgets, a person can employ a Personal Assistant to provide support like: cooking, cleaning, help with personal care like washing and using the toilet, driving or help with getting around, medical tasks, shopping, banking or paying bills.
Category: Adult Social Care
Credit: Department of Health
Source: Glossary of Adult Social Care Terms
Service descriptions mentioning the term
Personal Assistant
The Trust will help you to manage your direct payment/
personal budget and to use this money to organise personal support. They will help you find, employ and manage your
personal assistants.
The Rowan Organisation provides a wide range of support services created to help you manage your
Direct Payments. This can include: supporting you to decide whether to employ a
Personal Assistant (PA) or to use other services; support with setting up the scheme; support with paperwork required by the scheme; support with finding and recruiting staff; providing you with information and
advice on the legal requirements of being an employer.
