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Make the most of your Direct Payment or Personal Health Budget

What are Direct Payments?

Direct Payments and Personal Health Budgets are sums of money allocated to people who have community care needs. They enable the individual to choose who supports them or provides their care,and how this support is given, giving much more freedom and flexibility.

Making Direct Payments work for you

Direct Payments help people to have choice and independence, but managing direct payments is not always easy. Dorset Advocacy’s Direct Payments Advice and Guidance scheme is for people who use Direct Payments to employ their own person assistants. We can help you to understand and manage:

•  Recruitment of personal assistants
•  Your responsibilities as an employer
•  Employer’s liability insurance
•  Income tax and national insurance
•  Disagreements with employees
•  How to plan for support that delivers the goals you want

     How does the scheme work?

When you choose Dorset Advocacy as your Advice and Guidance provider, we will allocate you a named Guidance Worker. They will usually aim to meet with you within 10 days of your enquiry.

Your worker will listen to the points you want help with, and agree an action plan with you. They will stay in touch as they find out the information you need. They will give you full and accurate information, and in a form that you can easily use.

We cannot help with payroll issues, nor can we give legal advice, but we can signpost you to help with these and other matters.

To contact the Direct Payments Advice team, call us on 0300 343 7000 or complete the contact form below

By completing this form you consent to Dorset Advocacy keeping a record of the details you have provided.  Dorset Advocacy complies with the requirements of the Data Protection Act.  For more details, please contact the office on the number above.

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