Course Overview
Everyone whose needs are met by the local authority, whether those needs are eligible, or if the authority has chosen to meet other needs, must receive a personal budget as part of the care and support plan, or support plan.
Target Audience
This course is aimed at:
- People who have a role in care and support planning and the deployment of personal budgets
- Staff employed by local authorities and other organisations who are responsible for care and support planning and the administration and monitoring of personal budgets
- Managers of people undertaking care and support planning and the deployment of personal budgets
Learning Objectives
Once you’ve completed this course, you’ll have a knowledge of:
- Elements of the personal budget
- Elements of care and support that are excluded from the personal budget
- How to calculate the personal budget
- How to agree the final budget
- Use of the personal budget
- Use of a carer’s personal budget
- Carers’ personal budgets where the adult being cared for does not have eligible needs
- Appeals and disputes
