What the buyer wrote
Legislation requires local authorities to offer people who are eligible for social care the choice to take all or some of their money (personal budget), as a direct payment to arrange and purchase their own care and support. Associated guidance states that local authorities should provide support to people who are considering the use of direct payments, including adequate support to those people who wish to use their direct payment to employ their own support staff. The guidance identifies that most people find it more successful if this support is provided by an independent organisation who can offer impartial, specialist advice, peer support and services to support the delivery of safe a…
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Details
- What the buyer calls it
- Direct Payment Support Service
- How they are buying
- The buyer did not say
- Type
- services
- Suitable for small firms
- The buyer says yes. What that is worth
- Work starts
- 11 Jun 2017
- Work ends
- 31 Mar 2018
- Kind of work
- Health and social care
Who the buyer named
Matt Everatt was the named contact on this notice.