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These Direct payments factsheets cover a wide range of topics to help you find out more and Direct Payments and how it works.
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What is a direct payment? (170k)
Who do we support? (180k)
Getting the financial resource to fund Personal Assistants (85k)
What are the steps to receiving direct payments? (110k)
Choosing who provides assistance (120k)
Employment law (100k)
Relationships between a disabled person and their Personal Assistant (130k)
Personal Assistant (PA) recruitment (130k)
Insurance (130k)
Consent and choices - eligibility for direct payments (120k)
Independent Living Trusts (80k)
Support around the financial aspects of using direct payments (120k)
Love, relationships and Personal Assistants (230k)
Self employed Personal Assistants (100k)