Interviewing
Once you have received the completed application forms or got the information you need about prospective PAs from PA Finder then you need to decide who you want to interview. The easiest way to do this is to use the Job Description that you wrote to score the Applications and decide which ones most closely fit with the Job and type of person you want. SILC Independent Living Advisers are available to help you with this.
SILC can then contact the applicants that you think best fit the bill and ask them to attend an interview. It is better to have the interviews away from your home if possible and once again SILC’s Independent Living Advisers can help sort this out for you.
Conducting an interview is easier if you agree a list of questions that you want to ask in advance. You can base these questions on the Job Description that you created. Ask them about their work experience, qualifications and why they want to work for you. Interview tips and sample questions are available in Interviewing.
You can ask someone you know and trust or one of SILC’s Independent Living Advisers to do the interview with you and take notes of the answers to help you at the end to look at what each of them said and decide which one best suits your requirements.
Once you have agreed which applicant you want then you should contact them and offer them the job. You should tell them that you will first need to check their references and also carry out a CRB check if you have decided you either need or want to. You must also ensure you have paperwork from them to prove they are eligible to work in the UK. You will need to do these things before they can start so you will need to think about a suitable start date that will allow time for these checks to be made.