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Direct payments

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  1. 1
    Introduction
  2. 2
    Promoting well
  3. 3
    Safeguarding
  4. 4
    Providing information and supporting involvement
  5. 5
    Prevention and early intervention
  6. 6
    Carer's assessment
  7. 7
    Eligibility decision
  8. 8
    After the eligibility decision
  9. 9
    Personal budgets and best value
  10. 10
    Planning and reviewing carer support arrangements
  1. 11
    Direct payments
  2. 12
    Transition to adult social care (child's carers/ young carer's assessments)
  3. 13
    Social Care records
  4. 14
    Emergency Planning
  5. 15
    Concerns and complaints
  6. 16
    Implementing, monitoring and reviewing policy
  7. 17
    Appendix 1 - definition of terms
  8. 18
    Appendix 2 - legal context
  9. 19
    Policy Details

11.1   Direct payments are an option for meeting carer support needs when there is a cost to the council. Carers may: 

  • apply for direct payments if they would like to arrange their own support
  • ask the council to arrange their support for them 
  • choose a combination of the two options
  • change their chosen options at any time by notifying the council

11.2   When a carer chooses to have direct payments, the council sets up a direct payments account for the carer. The council makes monthly payments into the account to cover the agreed cost of support and the carer uses the funds to arrange their support.

Please see the Adult Social Care Direct Payments Policy for conditions. 

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