to pay a cleaner because I cant do it

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Sorry to post on health, but its because of health issues I want to ask the question.

what would you expect a cleaner to do, what will they generally not do, what is a good idea to get them to do, etc. Kitchen, bathroom and vacuuming are obvious ones.

If Social do provide the services, are their restrictions on what they are allowed to do?

Never employed people to do stuff in house before so not really sure of protocol, so any feedback would be appreciated.

Thank you

They will generally clean but not tidy, though there are some who will tidy.

Not sure about SW, I havent heard of any who employ cleaners, but I wouldnt expect it to be very different from contracting one yourself. It is likely to be chargable even if they did suppy the person.
Have you made sure that you are getting all the benefits that you are entitled you, may help with paying for cleaning?

I work as a cleaner and I tidy as I clean. I would be prepared to tackle anything the client wanted but would need extra time for a spring clean for example.

There are other considerations: I don't lift heavy objects on my own and I don't attempt to clean things that are out of my reach.

I have a regular cleaner due to health problems. She cleans but we tidy for her to come. She does all the things that I can't like hoovering, cleaning floors, bathroom & kitchen.
Pay for mine privately

Have a good chat before you hire someone about what you need and what they're prepared to do.

I used to pay for my help out of DLA, and now pay for her privately. I advertised for "help around house, including cleaning and errands". So most of what she does is indeed cleaning, but she's also tackled (by mutual agreement) everything from fetching prescriptions to planting bulbs.

I used to work as a childminder/cleaner. I would be happy to tidy as well as clean if that's what my empoyer wanted, we'd discussed it and my pay reflected the duties I was doing. I dusted, hoovered, mopped floors, cleaned bathroom/kitchen/loo, washed/dried up, cleaned the windows, emptied bins, tidied the kids toys rooms/wardrobes and ironed. As long as you make clear what you need doing then its up to applicants to decide if they are prepared/able to do what you want.