Hi all,
Direct payment question:
I know that the social worker decides the amount of hours and the amount of money you get. It is also only for "assessed needs".
I got information on direct payments and it says that you can top up the hours yourself with your own money. Can you only top up on assessed needs?
The assessed needs, seem to be the problem here! What a family may see as a need may not necessarily be what the SW sees as an "assessed" need! Why does everything have to be so complicated?
Any help would be much appreciated,
EmJ
Direct payment question:
I know that the social worker decides the amount of hours and the amount of money you get. It is also only for "assessed needs".
I got information on direct payments and it says that you can top up the hours yourself with your own money. Can you only top up on assessed needs?
The assessed needs, seem to be the problem here! What a family may see as a need may not necessarily be what the SW sees as an "assessed" need! Why does everything have to be so complicated?
Any help would be much appreciated,
EmJ