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Supporting choice and involvement

In this section

  1. 1
    Introduction
  2. 2
    Supporting choice and involvement
  3. 3
    Applying for direct payments
  4. 4
    Declining an application
  5. 5
    When a direct payment is agreed
  6. 6
    Getting help to manage direct payments
  7. 7
    Conditions that apply to the use of direct payments
  8. 8
    Using direct payments to employ staff
  9. 9
    Council duty to protect public funds
  1. 10
    Monitoring and reviewing direct payments
  2. 11
    Discontinuing direct payments / requiring repayment
  3. 12
    Concerns and complaints
  4. 13
    Implementing, monitoring and reviewing policy
  5. 14
    Appendix 1 - Definition of terms in this policy
  6. 15
    Appendix 2 - People excluded from having direct payments
  7. 16
    Appendix 3 - legal context
  8. 17
    Policy Details

2.1    The council will publish What is a direct payment? | Gloucestershire County Council on its website.

2.2    We will explain about direct payments at the planning stage so that people may apply for one if they would like to arrange some or all of their own support/after-care. 

2.3    We will actively support people to be involved in planning their support/after-care.  We will make reasonable adjustments in line with our duties under the Equality Act 2010 and the Care Act to overcome barriers to involvement. Please see also our:

2.4    We will assume that adults are able to make their own decisions about direct payments. Where this is not the case, we will follow the Mental Capacity Act (MCA) Policy | Gloucestershire County Council guidance. 

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