This book is set out as an easy-to-use guide of things to know and do when you employ care staff in your home. It will help busy families who are time-stretched. You may be managing carers in your home as well as running a home or business, or working, or caring for other children. It is often a traumatic time when families require carers on a 24-hour basis when there has been a catastrophic injury, such as acquired brain injury. There is much to be organised, not least employing people with all the legal knowledge that this requires.

An employer has legal obligations to people who are paid carers and the book sets out the main topics for awareness and education. The same employment issues are found whether the workplace is a private home or a large organisation. Knowing that your home is someone's workplace means that boundaries need to be set. Getting it wrong can cost time and money and cause stress to all involved. Take a look through the pages for guidance, help and support on employing people.

This book is for people who employ care staff in their homes, for Deputies appointed by the Court of Protection in the UK so that it may help their clients who have suffered catastrophic injury, and for Case Managers who manage a Care Package when a person has suffered catastrophic injury and require help in the home.