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# Direct Payments

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LAWS Project - Starter Kit - http://www.laws-project.org.uk
LAWS Project - Starter Kit - http://www.laws-project.org.uk
Tameside MBC - LAWS project - http://laws.tameside.gov.uk
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<h2>Social Services</h2><span class="gen">email address here</span><span class="gen">phone number here</span><span class="gen">sms phone number here</span><span class="gen">fax number here</span><span class="gen">minicom number here</span><p><i>Following your Community Care Assessment, or reassessment, you can now choose whether to have services provided directly by Social Services, or have a direct payment. </i></p><hr/><p>A direct payment is a cash payment to allow you to buy your own support instead of Social Services providing it for you.</p><p>You can use the money to employ a personal assistant or you can use an agency to provide staff for you.</p><p>You can 'mix and match' and have some of your support provided by Social Services and take some as a direct payment.</p><p>If you employ a personal assistant we will pay you <span class="gen">enter amount</span> per hour for the first <span class="gen">enter amount</span> hours and <span class="gen">enter amount</span> for hours over <span class="gen">enter amount</span> that you have been assessed as needing support.</p><p> We will pay <span class="gen">enter amount</span> in start up costs to help with expenses such as advertising.</p><p>You can't use the money to employ a close relative or person living in your home.</p><p>You must use the money to meet your assessed needs.</p><p>You will need to open a separate bank account to have the money paid into, and send in monthly bank statement from this account.</p><p>The Direct Payment Support Agency will give you all the help you need to operate direct payments.</p><p>Direct payments are not a social security benefit, will not affect any means tested benefit you are entitled to and are not taxable. </p><p>For further information use the contact details above or use the <a href="/ccm/services/pid.jsp?pid=forms/287a"> <strong>online form.</strong> </a> <span class="gen">link to online form</span> </p><span class="gen">email address here</span><span class="gen">phone number here</span><span class="gen">sms phone number here</span><span class="gen">fax number here</span><span class="gen">minicom number here</span><span class="gen">postal address here</span><h3> <a href="/ccm/services/pid.jsp?pid=287"> Applications for services (287) </a></h3>