If you are employed as a personal assistant, your employer has a legal responsibility to follow all relevant employment law. This includes payments for sickness, annual leave and maternity leave (as applicable).

GOV.UK: Statutory Sick Pay (external link)
Check how much Statutory Sick Pay you are entitled to
GOV.UK: holiday entitlement (external link)
Check how much annual leave you are entitled to
GOV.UK: maternity pay and leave (external link)

The Personal Assistant’s Online Guidebook 

This guidebook includes information about your rights, responsibilities and further resources you may find useful in your role. Please note this was not created with our (Wrexham Council’s) involvement.

It was originally developed by key professionals from:

  • Unison Cymru Wales
  • DigiSkills Cymru
  • Connecting Learners in South and Mid Wales
  • Torfaen County Borough Council
  • Services for Independent Living
  • Avenue Media Solutions
  • WEA YMCA CC Cymru (now Adult Learning Wales)
  • Social Care Wales
The Personal Assistant's Online Guidebook (external link)

Training

You can access free eLearning courses on various topics, through our Workforce Development Team. 

To access this training, email workforcedevelopment@wrexham.gov.uk with the following (which will be used to set up your free eLearning account):

  • your full name
  • your email address
  • your National Insurance number 

Looking for personal assistant vacancies?

You can search for jobs in Wrexham on the WeCare.Wales website (external link).