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- The Rough Guide to Managing PAs - (NCIL)
"Having PAs enabled me to find out who I am and now enables me to be who I am." If you are a disabled person and about to start receiving a Direct Payment to employ your own personal assistants (PAs), this book aims to give you a flavour of ...
- Direct Payments for Mental Health Users - (NCIL)
This booklet answers the questions likely to be asked about direct payments by mental health service users/ survivors and addresses some of the key issues that mental health users/ survivors might face when thinking about requesting direct payments.
Non-Members: ...
- NEW- Wider Options - (NCIL)
A report of a research project into Intensive Support Schemes for direct payment. The first and most recent study of direct payment support schemes nationally, the report highlights some of the more intensive direct payments support service options available.
Non-Members: ...
- Everything You Need to Know about Direct Payments
This book has been written to assist anyone who is thinking about, or is using, a direct payment. It has been largely based on an original publication called 'Everything you need to know about getting and using direct payments' first produced by NCIL ...
- Local Information Networks (LINks)
CSIP has worked with the Department of Health to produce a 12 page plain English booklet about LINks called "LINks Explained". It is particularly aimed at people who use services and their families who are already involved in some way with ...
- Local Information Networks (LINks)
CSIP has worked with the Department of Health to produce a 12 page plain English booklet about LINks called "LINks Explained". It is particularly aimed at people who use services and their families who are already involved in some way with ...
- PA Employer's Handbook
Produced by Direct Payments Service, the West of England Centre for Inclusive Living (WECIL Ltd. www.wecil.co.uk)
£10.00 (+£5.00 p+p) Disabled people and Organisations of Disabled people.
£20.00 (+£5.00 p+p) to all others.
- Funding Freedom
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- SCIE Good Practice Guide
Social Care Institue for Excellence (SCIE) good practice guide.
Direct Payments: Answering frequently asked questions.
Written with imput from NCIL, this web based guide aims to offer creative and innovative examples of how the legislation ...
- In the Driving Seat,
Direct Payments for your Children
A Scope Publication.
For more information
Tel: 0207 619 7342
E-mail: publications@scope.org.uk
'My Money, My Way'A Young Person's Guide to Direct Payments
A Scope Publication.
For more information
Tel: 0207 619 7342
E-mail: publications@scope.org.uk
www.scope.org.uk
- Direct Routes to Independence
A guide to Local Authority Implementation & Management of Direct Payments, by Frances Hasler, Jane Campbell & Gerry Zarb 1999.
Published by the Policy Studies Institute (PSI) Offers detailed practical information covering all aspects of running ...
- Disabled People's Cost of Living
'More than you would think', published by York Publishing Services
£19.95 (incl p&p)
Tel: 01904 430 033
Website: www.jrf.org.uk
- Direct Payments and Mental Health
Direct Payments and Mental Health: new directions by Karen Newbigging with Janice Lowe.
This is a review of how take-up of direct payments by people experiencing mental health problems can be increased. Published by The Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
£15.95 ...
- Making Choices, Taking Control
Direct payment and Mental Heal Users/ Survivors Edited by Deborah Davidson and Laura Luckhurst (NCIL) available from the Joseph Rowntreee Foundation
Website: www.jrf.org.uk
- PA Management Skills, Training and Resource Manual
Produced by Greenwich Centre for Independent Living, PAMS - Limited Edition
Price £40.00 + £5.00 carriage (UK)
Trafalgar Road,
Greenwich
London
SE10 9EQ
Tel: 0208 305 2221
Website: www.gad.org.uk
- Disabled Parents Network
Set of Information Briefings:
If you are planning to become a mum or dad you'll find yourself thinking through a lot of practical things before you take that huge step which changes your life for ever. Where can you get the information and advice ...
- Circles Network - Direct Payment for families
A guide for families with disabled children, giving guidance for organisations/ individuals who assist them with support. Copies cost £8.00 +£1.25 p&p from
Circles Network tel: 01788 816 671
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- Direct payments guidance, England 2003
The aim of this guidance is to assist local councils in making direct payments. Together with the
Annexes, it also provides guidance on how local councils might manage and administer direct payments. It is also useful to people receiving direct payments to be able to check if they are unsure if thier local authority operating under the guidance.
- Direct Payments Guidance
• A guide to receiving direct payments from your local council : a route to independent living
Published: 31 August 2007
This guide offers advice to people who are thinking about or who are already getting direct payments from their local council social services department.
• Independence, choice and risk: a guide to best practice in supported decision making
Published: 25 May 2007
It aims to support the principle of empowerment through managing choice and risk transparently in order to enable fair appraisal of the decision process, should it become necessary
• Increasing the uptake of direct payments
Published: 21 December 2006
'Our health, our care, our say' identifies direct payments as key to personalised services. The Department of Health and the Care Services Improvement Partnership have published this guide to help councils and their partners identify solutions to the process, policy and procedural issues as part of the programme to increase uptake of direct payments.
• Direct payments uptake project: an easy words leaflet
Published: 22 March 2007
This guide is to help people with direct payments work with councils to make sure more people get direct payments
• An easy guide to Direct Payments: giving you the choice and control
Published: October 2004
A guide to Direct Payments aimed at people with learning disabilities.
All of the above listed titles are available for download from the Department of Health website at:
www.dh.gov.uk