A Direct Payment is money from the Council or Health Services to help you pay for your assessed social care, health care or other support needs.
Direct Payments are a way of getting social care that lets you choose the service and provider you want, rather than having to use Council services or a provider the Council chooses.
Sometimes you are given the cash directly so you can pay the provider, sometimes the Council will pay the provider.
We will work with you (and your family if you wish) to work out the best way for you. This is all about person centered care planning, which we are big supporters of. Person centered care planning is part of the social care reform that began in December 2007, and its principle is that people should be entitled “to live their own lives as they wish, confident that services are of high quality, are safe and promote their own individual needs for independence, well-being and dignity”.
Use the button below to visit Bristol City Council web page to help you work out how you claim and complete an adult referral form.
