Questions To Consider

What Families Will Ask You?

Who Are You? What Services Do You Provide? Why Have You Set Up? What Are Your Values? What Makes You Different From The Others?

How Do We Know If We Will Be A Good Fit For Each Other?

If you are providing personal care as part of your service? Are You Registered With The Care Regulator Or The Care Quality Commission (CQC)? If Not Why Not?

If You Are Working Under My ‘Control’ And ‘Direction’ Should I Be Your Employer? I Want To See Proof That You Are Really Self-Employed So I Will Not Be Liable For Any Employer Responsibility…

Are You A Legitimate Business Registered For Tax?

How Do I Tell You What I Help I Need, What Is Important To Me And How You Can Best Help Me To Live The Way I Want?

What Are Everyone's Rights And Responsibilities In This Arrangement?

How Do I Know That You Are Safe And How Can You Keep Me Safe?

How Do I Know You Are Reliable And Professional?

What Information Are You Going To Hold About Me? What Are You Going To Do With It, Where Will You Store It?

How Do I Offer Feedback Or Complain If I Have A Problem?

Methods & Tools

Ensuring That Your Enterprise And Its Activity Is Compliant With All Legislative And Regulatory Requirements

Continuously Developing My Own Knowledge And Skills And Those Of My Workers (If Applicable)