For disabled people who employ their own carers

Established in 2003 from a Department of Health grant

We offer our service to disabled people who employ their own care staff or personal assistants. This maybe people receiving Direct Payments, the Independent Living Fund, or Individualized Budgets. We also welcome people who pay for their carers through their own means.

We currently provide a service for over 100 disabled people across Hertfordshire—and have offered our payroll service since 2003.

Who is it for?

A disabled person and their friend attempted to sort out payroll by themselves. “We’re both intelligent people but we could not cope—so when we found Hertfordshire PASS we were so relieved.”

“I now make much better use of my Direct Payments since I started using your payroll service.”

“Your service is so friendly and understanding.”

“I’ve been using PASS’s payroll service for over 4 years.”.

All we expect from you is…

• You will let us know the hours worked by your  carer(s) and any expenses you have agreed to pay them—by phone, fax, email, post, or ‘by hand’
• You pay the fee for using the Payroll Service

The service we provide

We will

• Produce a payslip having deducted the correct tax and national insurance, so that you can pay your carer(s) on a weekly, fortnightly or monthly basis, whichever you choose

and also liaise with the Inland Revenue to:

• Register you as a new employer
• Process end of year paperwork such as the P60,
• Process end of employment when a carer ceases to work for you by issuing a P45
• Store your payroll records for future reference – if needed (ensuring we comply with Data Protection legislation), and
• Help with any other issues relating to payroll.

The aim of this service

To provide a professional, friendly and responsive payroll service.

Sylvia is a Full Member of the Institute of Certified Bookkeepers, and holder of the Institute’s Payroll Management Diploma, and has worked at PASS since 2004.