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Direct payments in action: implementation by social services departments in England
- Author:
- JORDAN Claire
- Publisher:
- SCOPE
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 8p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Direct payments can greatly improve disabled people’s quality of life by offering increased control, flexibility and choice. Despite this, take-up of direct payments has so far been relatively low. Department of Health figures for 2003 show 12,585 people using direct payments, with take-up in some areas much higher than in others. This survey aimed to identify what social service departments saw as the barriers to using direct payments effectively.
Fairer charging policies for home care and other non-residential social services: practice guidance
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health. Department for Work and Pensions
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 43p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This practice guidance concentrates on four main areas: initial design of policy and consultation; assessment of disability related expenditure; benefits and advice; and good practice standards and performance monitoring.
An easy guide to Direct Payments: giving you the choice and control
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 31p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This easy read book is for people who want to know more about direct payments. Direct payments are a different way of getting the support users need. This book tells users the most important things about direct payments. It tells them about some new rules to do with direct payments. The new rules started in April 2003.
Making direct payments work: identifying and overcoming barriers to implementation
- Authors:
- HASLER Frances, STEWART Angela
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 84p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Brighton
Direct payments are a cost-effective way of delivering services to disabled people and their carers. This report explores the barriers to and successes in the delivery of direct payments, based on a project conducted in the North East of England. It concludes that a supportive local authority infrastructure, an understanding of the principles of independent living and a commitment to partnership with users are key to the success of direct payments. The authors suggest that the challenge for local authorities is twofold: to establish strategic frameworks to ensure that the systems, training, understanding, documentation and lines of communication are in place, and to actively seek partnership with users and user organisations in setting up user-led support services for direct payments.
Direct payments: what are the barriers?
- Author:
- COMMISSION FOR SOCIAL CARE INSPECTION
- Publisher:
- Commission for Social Care Inspection
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 24p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report includes the findings of a consultation event and follow-up policy seminar that the Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI) held in June 2004. The purpose was to collect evidence and opinions about factors that were limiting the successful implementation of direct payments – the policy whereby people receive cash in lieu of social services, which they are assessed as needing, in order to arrange their own care and support. Though growing, the number of people receiving direct payments remains disappointingly low. The barriers are broadly seen to be: lack of clear information for people who might take advantage of direct payments; low staff awareness of direct payments and what they are intended to achieve; restrictive or patronising attitudes about the capabilities of people who might use a direct payment and a reluctance to devolve power away from professionals to the people who use the service; inadequate or patchy advocacy and support services for people applying for and using direct payments; inconsistencies between the intention of the legislation and local practice; unnecessary, over-bureaucratic paperwork; and problems in recruiting, employing, retaining and developing personal assistants and assuring quality.
Social Work and direct payments
- Authors:
- GLASBY Jon, LITTLECHILD Rosemary
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 172p.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
This book summarises and builds on current knowledge and research on direct payments in the UK and considers developments in other European countries. It identifies good practice in the area and explores the implications of direct payments for users and social workers. Through direct payments, recipients are able to control and integrate into their daily routines a wide range of health-related activities, in ways which offer increased independence and better quality of life, compared with conventional services. I
Users' best value: a guide to user involvement good practice in best value reviews
- Authors:
- EVANS Clare, CARMICHAEL Angie
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 67p.
- Place of publication:
- York
This report is based on users' experience in Wiltshire, where disabled people demonstrated the effectiveness of designing and executing the best value process of the 'Four Cs' - challenge, compare, complete and consult, to evaluate the service from their perspective. They reviewed the direct payments service, which linked into their particular understanding of the independent living and quality of life issues. They investigated users experience of direct payments support and care managers' knowledge of direct payments. They then undertook comparisons with services elsewhere including costing exercises.