Legal Guidance Training - Using Direct Payments for Employing a PA

This free event takes place in Digbeth, Birminghan on 11 May 2010, from 9.30hrs to 16.00hrs.

Training will cover:

• pros and Cons of employing a PA
• the scope of Direct Payments – what personal budgets can be spent on
• paying the full amount for services, including the social care charge
• liability risks for the service user and the local authority
• managing the risks
• tax and NI and benefits implications
• necessary paperwork
• channelling the Direct Payment through a suitable person
• the CRB and ISA regime – what service users should be told
• alternatives to employing a PA – purchasing services, or using a self-employed person

Training is suitable for personalisation and personalisation finance leads, direct payments leads, legal staff in adult social care, adult safeguarding leads and commissioners in adult social care.

Contact Paul Johnston, email: paul.johnston@impactchange.co.uk, telephone: 01670 528 438.