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A personal budget is an amount of money identified by the local authority (LA) to deliver the support set out in an education, health and care plan (EHCP).
Following an assessment of need we may decide that extra resources from one or more sources are needed to meet your child's outcomes.
The LA or health and care services often buy services on behalf of the child or young person and their family. A personal budget will offer you and your family more control about the services that you receive. We will tell you the budget so you can get involved in all decision making to choose the best support to meet your child's outcomes. The amount you get will depend on what has been set out in your child's EHC plan so each person will vary.
All children and young people who have an EHC assessment or plan can request a personal budget.
This is for children and young people assessed as needing extra support at home or in their community. The social care or early help team carry out the assessment. We pay most personal budgets through direct payments.
This is money for children and young people assessed as needing continuing health care. These are children with complex, long-term or life-limiting conditions.
For further information, speak to your health professional dealing with your child's health needs.
The SEN Personal Budget is a sum of money that can be used to personalise a child or young person’s learning support and will help meet the outcomes in the EHC plan. This allows young people or their parents and carers to create flexible or specialised learning support.
A child’s parent or the young person can request a personal budget. They can do this once we have:
They may also request a personal budget during an annual review of an existing EHC plan.
You can only use the personal budget to fund the support set out in the EHC plan. Such as:
You can’t use your personal budget to pay for:
Families can manage a personal budget using:
You can contact SENDIASS for further information and advice.