Having a Direct Payment gives you the opportunity to purchase your own support. This could mean paying for activities in your community or employing your own support staff.
We can:
- Explain what a Direct Payment is and how it can work for you or your loved one.
- Help you to recruit and employ your own support staff.
- Signpost you to other helpful organisations.
- Provide a payroll service and /or manage your Direct Payment money for you.
- Support you to manage your staff and your Direct Payment.
- Introduce you to other people who use Direct Payments for mutual support.
Service statistics
Usually replies in
3 days
100%
of referrals accepted
Service access criteria:
Are you living in Wandsworth and looking for support at home for you, your loved one or your child?
Categories:
Care at home
Employment and training initiatives
Day to day helping hand
Information and advice
Managing a long-term health condition
Mental health
Services for older people
Support with employment
Youth support
Additional needs catered for:
Vision impairment friendly
Hearing impairment friendly
Wheelchair accessible
Learning difficulty friendly
Physical disability friendly
Dementia friendly
Takes place in the client’s home
Non English speaking friendly
Waiting list (weeks):
1
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