This briefing outlines changes to how Direct Payments work for people in North Somerset and the impact that these changes are having.
Explore our resources on Direct payments
Explore our resources on Direct payments
We introduce our new publication, Personal Assistant employment status: A guide to supporting good practice.
This guide aims to support good practice in understanding Personal Assistant (PA) employment status, helping people make informed, lawful decisions while preserving flexibility and personalised support.
Jacqui talks about her experience drawing on social care through Direct Payments.
A webinar how Direct Payments can transform lives within global majority communities.
Direct Payments provide choice and control, but can come with risks – both perceived and real. In this webinar, we explored the ways we can balance risk while supporting people to live their life their way.
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For Direct Payments to work, people need to be able to spend them on things they want. But how do we help to create a thriving marketplace? Hear from our panellists in this webinar recording.
In this webinar recording, you can discover practical ways to approach support planning creatively – and hear about the difference this can make in people’s lives.
Part of our Reinvigorating Direct Payments event series.
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This pack brings together a set of simple tools that support person-centred
thinking – helping people take more control over their care and support,
and helping others to understand what really matters to them.
In this short video blog, Martin Walker – Head of Practice Development for Self Directed Support – shares his take on what CQC Local Authority Assurance reports can tell us about how well we’re doing with direct payments.
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This learning series has been designed to help people working in social care to improve their understanding around Direct Payments and how to make them work well for people they support.
November is a good time to get connected and work out what we can all do to make direct payments work better, so people can truly feel in control of their care and support.
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