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Personal budgets

Care Act 2014Slide2

Outline of content

Introduction

Elements of the personal budget

Calculating the personal budgetAgreeing the final budgetUse of a personal budgetUse of a carer’s personal budgetAppeals/disputesSummary

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Introduction

The Care Act places personal budgets into law for the first time, making them the norm for people with care and support needs.

Personal budgets enable the person to:

exercise greater choice take control over how their care and support needs are metIt is vital that people: are clear how their budget was calculatedhave confidence that the personal budget allocation is correct and therefore sufficient to meet their care and support needs3Slide4

Personal budgets

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Personal budgets: evaluation of impact

Increase in numbers of people receiving personal budgets, in March 2014, 648,000 people had one

The POET survey (2013) gained data from 22 volunteer councils with responses from 2022 personal budget holders and 1386 carers

70% of personal budget holders reported a positive impact:independent as you want to begetting the support you need and wantbeing supported with dignity5Slide6

Care and support planning

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Local authority

Third partySlide7

Elements of the personal budget

The personal budget

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always be an amount sufficient to meet the person’s care and support needsThe overall cost must be broken down into:the amount the person must pay (following the financial assessment) the remainder of the budget that the authority will pay7Slide8

Other costs that may be presented or excluded

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Calculating the personal budget

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Sufficiency of the personal budget

and implications for direct payment

The personal budget

must:always be sufficient reflect the cost to the local authority of meeting the person’s needsbe open to challengeDirect payments are not intended to be less than is required to purchase care and support on the local market10Slide11

Agreeing the final budget

The final budget should be agreed at the end of the planning process

Sign off should take place if

the plan is within the indicative budget (or justifiably above it) the proposed use of the money is:appropriatelegal meets the needs identified in assessment11Slide12

Use of a personal budget

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Use of a carer’s personal budget

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Implications for the personal budget

of the person needing care

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Carers’ personal budgets where the adult being cared for

does not have eligible needs

In these situations a carer will receive a support plan specifying:

how the carer’s needs are going to be met and including a personal budget The personal budget must specify the costs to the local authority and the costs to the carerReplacement care costs have to be met by the person receiving care. 15Slide16

Appeals/disputes

The local authority

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t make its own arrangements for dealing with complaints in accordance with the 2009 regulations16Slide17

Summary

The

Act places personal budgets into law for the first time, making them the norm for people with care and support needs

Personal budgets are designed to enable people to exercise greater choice and take control over how their care and support needs are metThe personal budget must: always be sufficient to meet the person’s care and support needsinclude the cost to the local authority and the amount the person must payexclude the provision of intermediate care and reablement The carers personal budget must enable the continuation of the carer role and must have regard to the wellbeing principle of the actThe local authority is under an ongoing duty to keep the person’s plan and personal budget under review

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