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Direct Payments - Vale of Glamorgan - Family support services

Last updated: 26/04/2024
Family support services This resource can use the Welsh language
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What we do

Direct Payments (DPs) is an alternative way of receiving a service from the Vale of Glamorgan Council Social Services. DPs give the service user more choice, control and flexibility over their care package, as they are able to decide when, where and by whom their care needs are met. DPs enable people to buy their own community care or support services e.g. assistance with personal care, assistance to access leisure activities in the community, respite for carers. Many people choose to employ a Personal Assistant to help them meet their needs, although this is not the only way they can be used. The amount received by the service user is based on their assessment of need and paid on an hourly rate for weekdays and weekends. We have a support organisation who are able to support people to manage their payments as well as offering advice on matters such as employment law, budgeting, assistance with recruiting PAs and other general employment issues.

Who do we support

A Direct Payment can be paid to the following groups of people, following an assessment of need by a case manager:
• People with a Physical Impairment
• People with a Sensory Impairment
• People with a Learning Disability
• Older People
• People with Mental Ill Health
• People with parental responsibility for a disabled child
• Children with a Disability aged 16 or 17 years old
• Carers (Including Young Carers aged 16 or 17 years old)
• A “Suitable Person” on behalf of a person lacking capacity

Is there a charge to use this service?

Depends - Adults will have a financial assessment carried out to determine whether they are required to contribute towards their Direct Payments package.

Can anyone use this service?

If you do not have a social worker, you should contact: Contact OneVale Tel: 01446 700111 They will arrange for an assessment to take place. An assessment must take place before Direct Payments can be paid.

Service details for this family support services

Language: English and Welsh medium

  • Can provide specialist support for families of children with disabilities / additional needs No
     
  • Relevant staff have a valid current DBS? No

 Opening times

Monday - Friday 8.00am - 6.00pm

Where do we provide our service?

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We will take reasonable steps to ensure the information within the website is as accurate as possible. We cannot be held responsible for the accuracy of this information. The contributors themselves maintain their own information and they welcome feedback about the accuracy of the information they provide. Those accessing it are advised to take reasonable steps to consider its content before acting upon it. This could include seeking professional or specialist advice before taking, or refraining from, any action on the basis of the information within our website.

Please note that the results found when searching in English or Welsh on the English and Welsh sides of the website (www.dewis.wales or www.dewis.cymru) will sometimes differ. Providers can (subject to rules around language standards that apply to some provision) choose to enter their information in English only, in Welsh only, or bilingually. Whilst we try to use the technology within the site to limit the impact of their choice, both terminology and the structure of the languages mean that differences in the results produced is sometimes inevitable.

We assume no responsibility for the content of websites linked on our site. Such links are provided for your information only and should not be interpreted as endorsement by us of those linked websites. We have no control over the contents of those sites or resources. We reserve the right to reject or remove links to any website if we find the site content inappropriate.

For more information please refer to the full terms and conditions.