I have my own PA funded by direct payments. It has its challenges when setting up but once its ticking over it is great.
Get yourself an accountant to do the financial stuff, your scheme may insist you use one of their approved ones.
Get a contract, do just go into it blindly and ignore this little bit of red tape. It is worth its weight in gold. In the contract you will stipulate all the things you need. Hours, pay, holidays and duties etc. Make sure you both understand the get out clause, who knows but you may need it and all this will protect you.
In my experience you will find holidays and sickness the hardest to deal with. So having a plan B is a good idea.
Finally, if your scheme insists on you keeping records, be sure to keep them, file away everything you get as you may be glad one day, that you did! My scheme use PrePaid Financial Services for banking and it’s a dog of a pseudo bank.
Best wishes and if you have any questions fire them over.
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