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Direct Payments

Factsheets

The Direct Payments Support Service (DPSS) has developed a series of factsheets to support people using Direct Payments. They also include information for people who are thinking about using Direct Payments but have not yet made up their mind.

They are organised into the following categories;

1. Overview of Direct Payments
2. The Help You Will Get
3. Becoming Independent - Self Assessment
4. Choosing Your Support - Directly Employing a PA
5. Choosing Your Support - Using an Agency
6. Managing The Money

You can also download the factsheets from the list below;

1. • 1a Direct Payments - An Overview (Word)
   • 1a Direct Payments - An Overview (pdf)
2. • 2a DPSS Role and Mission (Word)
   • 1a DPSS Role and Mission (pdf)
3. • 3a Assessing Your Personal Assistance Needs (Word)
   • 3a Assessing Your Personal Assistance Needs (pdf)
4. • 3b Draft Self-Assessment (Word)
   • 3b Draft Self-Assessment (pdf)
5. • 4a Employing a Personal Assistant (Word)
   • 4a Employing a Personal Assistant (pdf)
6. • 4b Recruitment (Word)
   • 4b Recruitment (pdf)
7. • 4c Managing Your Personal Assistant (Word)
   • 4c Managing Your Personal Assistant (pdf)
8. • 4d Legal Obligations Of Being An Employer (Word)
   • 4d Legal Obligations Of Being An Employer (pdf)
9. • 5a Using An Agency (Word)
   • 5a Using An Agency (pdf)

Contact the DPSS on 020 8664 3820 to request a factsheet or guidance on any topic to do with Direct Payment. In the near future, many of these factsheet will be accessible directly through this website.

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