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If you are eligible for financial help, direct payment is one of the ways you can choose to receive your personal budget.
We give you your direct payment for you to arrange your care and support yourself, instead of us doing it for you. Read our Direct Payments Policy.
If you want to choose care and support at home and can look after money, direct payments could be for you.
A direct payment enables you to choose and pay for your own care and support, using the funds granted to you as part of your Care Act assessment. Direct payments can be used to arrange care in your home or to source a daytime activity, but it cannot be used to pay for a care home placement. Using a direct payment will mean that you do not have to use the care companies that we use.
If you do not want the responsibility of arranging your support, direct payments are not for you. Talk to your social care worker about getting care arranged for you.
You can ask to your social care worker about direct payments if you have one. You can also find out more about direct payments from Skills for Care.
If you get money for support as a direct payment, you can:
You can get guidance on becoming an employer. Being an employer is not for everybody. It means you have legal responsibilities.
If you want financial help as a direct payment, you can take these steps.
If you get financial help for your care as direct payments, you will need to look for care and support yourself.
You can get support from:
Search for people who provide care in the home on the Help & Kindness website.
Before you talk to care companies, make sure you know all your options and be clear about what you want. Read about doing interviews and what to ask in an interview.
You can employ a carer yourself. This can be a way to have carers you feel are right for you.
It does mean you have to follow laws for employers. We will arrange for you to talk to an advisor to help you with being a good employer.
The advisor will help you to:
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