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How will the Care Package be organised?

There are a number of ways that services can be organised such as:

Organised packages of care by Social Services

Social Services can organise the package of care and arrange it for the person you care for. This is done by your Care Manager or Social Worker. Once the package of care has been organised you and the person you care for will be informed with the details.

Direct Payments 

Some people like to organise their own package of care. This is done by the local authority giving the person you care for a Direct Payment. Disabled people over the age of 18 who are assessed as needing social care services can receive direct payments. This type of Direct Payment for the person you care for is different to a Carers Direct Payment and should not be confused. A Direct Payment is a monetary payment made directly from Surrey County Council to individuals who have had an assessment and have eligible needs. If the person you care for receives a Direct Payment, they  can then decide how the support they need will be met, by whom and at what time.  They can employ their own support staff, which means they will report directly to the person you care for. Or, they can have a contract with a local agency, in which case the agency will be accountable directly to the person you care for. For more about direct payments from Surrey County Council click here

Indirect Payment

From November 2009 new regulations come into force which is to extend the right of direct payments to those people who lack the capacity to consent to having one. Surrey County Council have named this payment  an 'Indirect Payment'. The payment can now be made on the person you care for behalf to a willing and appropriate 'suitable person', such as yourself as the Carer, another  family member, friend or neighbour. The indirect payment is allocated if key people (including yourself as the Carer) who is involved with the case feels it is in the best interest of the person you care for. As with the direct payment the indirect payment is a monetary payment made directly from Surrey County Council to individuals who have had an assessment and have eligible needs. Whoever is named as the 'suitable person'  can then decide how  the person they care for assessed needs will be met.  You can employ support staff for the person you care for, which means the support staff will report directly to the the 'suitable person'. Or, you can have a contract with a local agency, in which case the agency will be accountable directly to the the 'suitable person. 

The Indirect Payment is especially important to:

• parents of young people who had direct payments for their child and previously had to make alternative arrangements when they reached eighteen if the child lacks mental capacity.

• carers of people with dementia, learning disability or other cognitive impairment who want to support them to live at home with them or in some other community setting

• people living in supported accommodation who have a cognitive impairment and previously could not access direct payments

• individuals in receipt of direct payments who have a deteriorating condition that want to plan ahead for a time they may lose their mental capacity to continue to consent  to the receipt of a direct payment

To find out more about indirect payments contact your Care Manager or Social Worker or the Surrey County Council Contact Centre on 03456 009 009

Self Directed Support

Self Directed Support is for the person you care for who has been assessed as needing a services from Surrey County Council. Self Directed Support allows the person you care for to make decisions about the support that they need. It asks them how they want to live, what they want to achieve in life and what support they need to do this. Self Directed Support gives them a personal budget. they choose what social care and support services this money is spent on. they can be as creative as they want, as long as the money is spent to meet your agreed, assessed needs. For a step by step guide on Self Directed Support click here

last updated November 2009

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