Step 2: Publish your vacancy

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Once you have confirmed what tasks you would like your Personal Assistant to complete or support you with and you have determined what skills and values they should have, you are ready to write the job advert. 

Writing a job advert on PA Web is easy and works as follows: 

1. Create an account on PA Web – this should only take a few minutes. 
2. Visit the ‘Finder’ area of the site and click ‘Create new advert’ 
3. Complete the advert form. 
4. Browse our bank of Personal Assistants in your local area and choose which PAs you would like to send your advert to. 
5. Wait for PAs to respond to your advert, they will send you a message on PA Web. 
6. Access your adverts and responses at any time by logging into your PA Web account. 

You can find out more on our How PA Web Works page. 

When writing your job advert, there is certain information that you should include: 

Location 

You should tell people your general location so that they know where they would be working, but it is important that you do not give out your address at this stage.  

Rate of pay 

There are laws around rate of pay that you need to follow. You will need to pay your Personal Assistant: 

• at least the national living wage to workers over 24 years old 
• at least the national minimum wage for workers aged 24 or under 

If you receive a personal budget or direct payment, your adviser or local support organisation may have details about standard hourly rates. 

According to Skills for Care, the average hourly rate for PAs was £9.53, as of February 2020. 

Curriculum Vitae (CV) 

When using the PA Web ‘Finder’ tool, you can ask PAs to attach their CV in their response to your job advert.  

References 

It is usual to ask for two references, these can be from previous employers.