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Direct payments in Scotland: a joint position statement
- Author:
- UNISON Scotland
- Publisher:
- UNISON Scotland
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- Glasgow
This is a joint statement agreed between UNISON Scotland and key Scottish disabled people’s organisations, setting out their position on direct payments in Scotland.
Living it up!: disabled young people speak their minds ...
- Author:
- NORAH FRY RESEARCH CENTRE
- Publisher:
- Norah Fry Research Centre
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 7p.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
A one off magazine produced by a group of young disabled people as part of a project at the Norah Fry Research Centre, University of Bristol to improve take up of direct payments by young disabled people. The magazine is aimed at young people and includes pictures, personal experiences, examples of what young people use their direct payments for, working with your personal assistant.
A survey on the implementation of the current direct payments scheme in Wales: final report
- Author:
- SOCIAL INTERFACE
- Publisher:
- Wales. Welsh Assembly Government
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 142p.
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
In 2007 the Welsh Assembly Government commissioned a report on the Implementation of the current Direct Payments Scheme in Wales. Following a tendering exercise, Social Interface was commissioned to undertake the survey looking at the factors affecting the uptake of Direct Payments in Wales, to identify reasons for the variations between local authorities and between potentially eligible groups and to make recommendations. In the light of the contents of this report and in particular its recommendations to local authorities, each Director of Social Services is asked to undertake a review of their authority’s current direct payments scheme arrangements and to introduce any necessary changes that may be needed.
Deafblind Direct consultation report: deafblind people and families' experiences of direct payments
- Author:
- SENSE
- Publisher:
- Sense
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 41p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Sense, the national deafblind charity, has published a report on its research into direct payments. From June to November 2007, Sense’s Deafblind Direct project consulted deafblind people and families on their experiences of direct payments. Respondents included individuals who use direct payments and those who had thought about using them.
Direct Payments Scotland 2007
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Government National Statistics
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Government National Statistics
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 15p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
The purpose of this statistics release is to present national figures on direct payments made by Scottish Local Authorities. The latest figures apply to payments made during the period 1 April 2006 to 31 March 2007 under section 12B of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968. Direct payments are for self-directed community care whereby eligible people purchase and manage for themselves some or all of the care they have been assessed as needing.
Direct Payments Scotland 2006
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive National Statistics
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive National Statistics
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 10p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Direct Payments are for self-directed community care whereby eligible people purchase and manage for themselves some or all of the care they have been assessed as needing. National figures on direct payments made by Scottish Local Authorities are presented. The latest figures apply to payments made during the period 1 April 2005 to 1 March 2006 under section 12B of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968.
Personal assistants online guidebook
- Authors:
- SOCIAL CARE WALES, et al
- Publication year:
- 2021
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
This online resource aims to provide anyone who is either already working as a personal assistant (PA) in social care or thinking of joining the profession with an up-to-date and accessible way to learn more about the role of the PA. The guidebook brings together some of the best freely-available online resources embedded alongside newly created videos and written materials in one place. The guide covers: personalised care, direct payment and the role of personal assistants; making sense of disability; protection form abuse; health and safety; consolidating and building on the learning, self-care and getting support; rights at work; and guide to further learning. (Edited publisher abstract)
Direct payments: pure dead brilliant!
- Author:
- GLASGOW CENTRE FOR INCLUSIVE LIVING
- Publisher:
- Glasgow Centre for Inclusive Living
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Pagination:
- 36
- Place of publication:
- Glasgow
In this booklet, disabled people and carers living in Glasgow explain how they have used a direct payment to create support packages that suit their particular needs. For many, a direct payment offers the most control and flexibility. However, some people don’t consider them because they’re put off by the idea that they’re too complicated or difficult to manage. These 15 personal accounts show that a direct payment can be the best option and often repays any extra effort that might be involved. (Edited publisher abstract)
Managing suspected misuse of direct payments: messages for practice from the High Court
- Author:
- MITCHELL Ed
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Integrated Care, 20(1), 2012, pp.35-38.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
A council has an ongoing relationship with the recipient of direct payments, a relationship which has both supportive and supervisory elements. It is supportive because many recipients need assistance to make a direct payments-purchased package of care service work. And it is supervisory because the council retains a responsibility to the public purse to ensure that direct payments are not misused. The High Court’s recent decision in R (G & H) v. North Somerset Council involved a case in which the balance altered very rapidly in favour of supervision. According to the claimants, it was too rapid and the council concerned acted unlawfully. This paper assesses the practical implications of the High Court ruling about the legality of the council’s response to concerns that direct payments were being misused. The author concluded that the High Court upheld a council’s unilateral response to its genuine concerns about misuse of direct payments but this was an extreme case. Normally, a far more inclusive approach to direct payments decision making is required.
Putting sex on the budget
- Author:
- PITT Vern
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 12.8.10, 2010, pp.24-25.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The issue of whether people receiving direct payments or personal budgets should be allowed to spend them on sexual services is discussed. A social worker explains why she is supporting a service user with learning disabilities to use his personal budget to visit Amsterdam and pay for sex through their licensed industry.