Unit must be assessed in line with the Skills for Care and Development Assessment Principles Learning Outcomes 2, 3, 4, 6 and 7 must be assessed in real work environment
This unit covers the underpinning knowledge and skills to enable learners to support individuals with managing direct payments. This unit can apply to a number of care settings.
Understand personal budgets and direct payments.
Explain what a personal budget is.
Explain the purpose of direct payments.
Explain legislation and policies relating to direct payments for providing care and support.
Identify the range of services for which direct payments may be used.
Explain the term personalisation in relation to direct payments.
Be able to support individuals to decide whether to use direct payments.
Identify sources of information and advice about using direct payments.
Identify the conditions that need to be met for the individual to be eligible for direct payments.
Individual refers to someone requiring care or support; it will usually mean the person or people supported by the learner.
Provide information and advice about direct payments in a way that is accessible to an individual and others.
Others may include:
Access specialist guidance about using direct payments.
Work with the individual and others to assess:
Be able to provide support to select services to be purchased with direct payments.
Provide accessible information about services that are likely to meet the individual’s needs.
Work with the individual and others to select support that meets their needs within resources available.
Support the individual to check and understand documents produced by selected service providers.
Be able to provide support for completing paperwork associated with direct payments.
Contribute to completing paperwork to apply for direct payments, in a way that promotes active participation.
Active participation is a way of working that recognises an individual’s right to participate in the activities and relationships of everyday life as independently as possible; the individual is regarded as an active partner in their own care or support, rather than a passive recipient.
Support the individual to make payments for services purchased, in a way that promotes active participation.
Contribute to submitting claims and monitoring documents for direct payments, in a way that promotes active participation.
Understand how to address difficulties, dilemmas and conflicts relating to direct payments.
Explain how dilemmas may arise between duty of care and an individual’s rights in the context of direct payments.
Identify practical difficulties and conflicts that may arise in relation to direct payments.
Describe strategies to resolve or minimise difficulties, dilemmas and conflicts related to direct payments.
Be able to contribute to reviewing the support provided through direct payments.
Agree with the individual any support needs and what support must be purchased.
Work with the individual and others to evaluate the support they have purchased.
Agree and record any changes needed to the support purchased.
Provide feedback to organisations about the support purchased.
Be able to contribute to reviewing the management of direct payments.
Work with the individual and others to review the management of the direct payment.
Agree and record any changes to the type and level of support needed for managing a direct payment.
Provide feedback to people and organisations about the management of the individual’s direct payment.