Apply to become an Adult Placement Scheme carer

There are 2 ways to become an Adult Placement Scheme carer:

• Apply online
  Use our online form to let us know if you are interest in becoming an Adult Placement Scheme carer.
  
• Send us your application by post
  Print out our Application form (PDF, 85k) and once completed return it to:
  

Adult Placement Scheme
Kroner House
Eurogate Business Park
Ashford
Kent 
TN24 8XU

If you have any queries about the application process, please contact us on 08458 247 905.

What happens next

You will receive an acknowledgement letter within three days of us receiving your application. We will then arrange an initial visit with you within two weeks of receiving your application.

As part of the approval process, a full assessment is undertaken on the main carer and other family members. This will involve several home visits and will include taking up personal and medical references as well as full checks with the Criminal Records Bureau.

As part of the assessment you will also be required to undertake some training and complete a workbook.

A decision will then be made as to whether your application has been successful.

Once approval has been completed, the assessment will be used as part of the matching process.

The approval and matching process may take a long period of time as it is essential that everyone involved is positive and happy about the proposed placement.

Finances

Adult Placement Scheme carers are self-employed and placements are made on the basis of the needs of vulnerable people and carers are not paid while they do not have a person in a placement. Consequently Kent County Council can not give any guarantees with regard to income.

If you are in receipt of housing benefit, income support or any other state benefits, you are advised to check your own position with regard to this.

It may be that deductions are made from your benefits by the Department for Work and Pensions . If you are receiving incapacity benefit you cannot be the main carer.

You will also need to contact your insurance company, landlord, or mortgage company to check whether approval is necessary before accepting a paying individual into your home.

 It is the carers’ responsibility to declare payments received to the tax office.