Inspire Individual Budgets

Description

Individual Budget and Direct Payment

Support Service - Brokerage for Care Inspire provides support to
service users with individual budgets and to those who choose to
receive direct payments instead of social care services organised by Local Athourities. This enables and empowers them to have a greater control in the way they receive support.

Our service includes:

• Advice about how to access the scheme
• The nature, roles and responsibilities of the scheme
• Financial management and budgeting skills
• The legal responsibilities of being an employer
• Opening bank accounts and keeping records
• Recruitment, advertisements
• Job descriptions, person specifications, contracts
• Interviewing potential staff
• Criminal Records Bureau checks (CRB)
• Health and Safety issues
• Staff management and assertiveness skills
• Information about tax and national insurance
• Facilitation of documents for the payroll company.

This support service is available for

• Older people
• People with physical disabilities
• People whoare deaf, hard of hearing
• People who are partially sighted, blind or deafblind
• People with learning disabilities
• People with mental health problems
• Parents of children with disabilities.

Inspire is a "user-led", independent charitable trust. It provides innovative high quality services for people with disabilities.

Our Mission is to work in partnership with communities to enable, empower and enhance the lives of people with disabilities.

Address

Inspire Community Trust
20 Whitehall Lane
Slade Green
Kent
DA8 2DH

Contact

Please visit us at: http://www.inspirecommunitytrust.org

Email: info@inspirecommunitytrust.org

Tel: 020 3045 5339 (Bexley) 020 3045 5340 (Bromley)

Fax: 01322 345 416

Web: www.inspirecommunitytrust.org

BSL interpreters are available by appointment.

We have an on site car park and fully accessible building and facilities.

Rates

Charges for services:

There is no charge for people who meet the criteria for local autrhority funded services. However, there is a charge for respite accommodation, which is currently as follows:

Over 65 years old - £102.90 per week
Under 65 years old with Disability Premium is £65.20 per week
Adults under 65 without Disability Premium is £39.35 per week.

For Blue Badge applicants there is currently a non refundable adminstration charge of £2.00

Inspire charges people for services if they do not meet the criteria for local authority funded services. Information regarding cahrges can be obtained by contacting Inspire's office on 01322 341 638.

Other Information

Inspire currently has a contract with the London Borough of Bexley to provide a wide range of services as listed on behalf of the Council.

Referrals for all of the listed services, except the Blue Badge and Freedom Pas, who contact Inspire directly come to Inspire through Bexley Council's Care Central or the Independent Living Teams people referred must meet the FACS (Fair Access to Services) criteria for Council funded social care services.

Inspire also has a contract with the London Borough of Bromley to provide a direct payment support service for their residents who receive direct payments in lieu of services provided or directly commissioned by Bromley Council. People are either referred to Inspire by Bromley Council staff or they can contact Inspire directly.

Inspire can also provide services to people who do not meet the criteria for local authority funded services and people can contact Inspire directly.