![]() ![]() A personal budget is a statement of the amount of money needed to meet your eligible social care needs. This is support that you decide and control, in other words you control the money for your care and support - Personal Budget. What is a Personal Budget?Ī Personal Budget is an agreed amount of money that is allocated to you personally by your local council (and other funding streams) following an assessment of your care and support needs. The council can assist you identify areas where you might need help and may be able to arrange you care for you. If you are self-funder or if you will be funding your own care and support, you can still discuss your support needs with your local authority. It also requires councils to support people with social care needs if they move to a new area. Under the Care Act, the local authority gives people the right to advocacy support (see Factsheet F39 - advocacy: get your voice heard) if they require help to have their say about their care needs, and a right to have their care reviewed when they feel this is necessary, or to challenge decisions about their care. You have freedom over how the budget is spent. ![]() #PERSONAL BUDGET FULL#Local authority must provide personal budgets to whoever meets the regulations in the Act.Īs part of the personalising care and support planning process, the local authority will inform you about your personal budget which you can receive in the form of a direct payment so that you can take full control over your own care. With the recognition of personal budgets in the law, every individual is legally entitled to a personal budget that must be now incorporated in every care and support plan (or support plan for carers), unless the individual is merely getting intermediate care or reablement support to meet their identified needs. This is an important change in the personalizing care and support process as it enables people to have maximum and full control over how their needs are met. For the first time in law, local authorities have a legal obligation to offer personal budgets and conduct a care and support planning that were previously stated only in guidance as part of the Personalization agenda. With the implementation of the Care Act, there is now a duty upon councils to produce a care and support plan and offer a personal budget following an assessment to ensure that disabled people and carers’ needs are adequately met. In Scotland, the Public Bodies (Joint working) Act about the integration of health and social care was granted royal assent on1 April 2014 and the NHS and councils are beginning to work towards this - gov.scot/Topics/Health/Policy/Adult-Health-SocialCare-Integration.In Northern Ireland, changes have also been made to the social care system - /.In Wales, the Social Services and Wellbeing Act (Wales) became law on1May 2014, and the areas covered by the Act including assessment of needs, financial assessments, adult safeguarding and complaints will start to take effect from April 2016 - /anaw/2014.There are separate Laws about social care in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland: The Care Act applies to the whole of England only. ![]() The Care Act introduces new functions upon councils to focus on promoting wellbeing and prevention including offering personal budgets, establishing information services, and arranging independent advocacy services. Personal Budgets in the light of the Care Act 2014 The CQC would welcome feedback on your experience of using any of the services they regulate. This involves Disability Rights UK gathering feedback from disabled people about their experiences of using health and social care services. ![]() The Care Quality Commission (CQC) have recently launched their new ‘ Tell Us About Your Care’ partnerships with a number of national charities, of which Disability Rights UK is one. Make a donation and support this factsheet Disability Rights UK Factsheet F72 Your feedback wanted ![]()
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