Direct Payments & Personal Budgets
What is a Personal Budget? A Personal Budget is the amount of money the social care team in your Local Authority will pay towards any social care and support you need. We will assess whether you need care and support. If we find you do and you need financial help to pay for the care and support,...
How Personal Assistants fit into Health & Social Care
Different types of support in Health and Social Care Unpaid carers An unpaid carer is anyone, including children and adults who looks after a family member, partner or friend who needs help because of their illness, frailty, disability, a mental health problem or an addiction and cannot cope wit...
What is a Personal Assistant?
What is a Personal Assistant? Although Personal Assistants (PAs) are the second largest workforce in social care, many people are unaware the role exists or what it means. Most people might think being a PA involves working in an office, fulfilling business and admin tasks. However, there is a dif...