Choice and control

With self-directed support, people are able to plan their care and support themselves, and sometimes alongside friends and family. When this happens, people have more choice and control over their own lives.

There are lots of different things that can contribute to this working well. These include how care and support planning works, and how the money to pay for care and support is managed. Explore this page to learn more.

Popular resources

Understanding Direct Payments learning series

Direct payments: Working or not working?

Better direct payments: from insight to action

Personal assistant survey: the forgotten workforce

Rights and entitlements in self-directed support

Improving direct payments oversight