About Trafford PA Web

Trafford Council have been working with People Places Lives (PPL) to create this website that will help connect people looking for Personal Assistants with suitable Personal Assistants.

The Trafford PA Web has been created to:

• provide information, advice and support for PAs and people looking for PAs
• connect people looking for PAs with suitable PAs, by providing them with a list of criteria to choose from and allowing them to filter their results to find the right PA for them
• help link PAs with other PAs in the community through local groups and events

Our information for employers section includes guidance on a range of items, such as:

• benefits of employing a Personal Assistant in Care,
• the recruitment process,
• arranging interviews,
• employing a Personal Assistant, and
• dealing with problems.

Our information for Personal Assistants section, or people who are considering becoming a Personal Assistant, includes information such as:

• benefits of working as Personal Assistant,
• what the role involves,
• training and development options, and
• local and national support.

To use the Find a PA function on this website, you must complete the registration process after which you will receive log in details to access your account and begin enjoying the benefits of PA Web.

The Find a PA function allows people looking for PAs to create adverts detailing exactly what they want, and then select a number of key criteria i.e. area, days of the week, etc. that results in a filtered list of PAs relevant to them. The user can then visit the PAs profiles to find out more about them and select which PAs they would like to send a message to.

Once the message has been sent, the chosen PAs will receive an email notification asking them to log in to the portal to view their messages. The PAs can review the message and decide whether to respond to the sender.

The sender can then decide which PA(s) they would like to pursue and take the conversation off the website and into the real world.

Vacancies Noticeboard

To use the Vacancies Noticeboard on this website, you must complete the registration process after which you will receive log in details to access your account and begin enjoying the benefits of PA Web.

The Vacancies Noticeboard function allows employers looking for PAs to create a vacancy advertisement detailing what support they would like and allows PAs to browse vacancies, filtering on their preferred criteria. The employer adds their email address or phone number to their vacancy so that interested PAs can contact them to discuss the vacancy further.