Description
Everyone whose needs are met by the local authority, whether those needs are eligible, or if the authority has chosen to meet other needs, must receive a personal budget as part of the care and support plan, or support plan.
What topics are covered in this Care Act: Personal Budgets online course?
Here are some of the topics covered in this course:
- History of personal budgets;
- Choice and control;
- The personal budget and Elements of the personal budget;
- Additional charges;
- Intermediate care and reablement;
- Types of intermediate care;
- Elements of care and support that are excluded from the personal budget;
- Calculating the personal budget, Three principles, and Agreeing the final budget;
- Changing the way a personal budget is provided;
- Increasing and Decreasing the amount of a personal budget;
- Employing a personal assistant and Paying for a personal assistant;
- Use of the personal budget;
- Individual service fund and Using ISFs to promote wellbeing;
- Use of a carer’s personal budget;
- Carers’ personal budgets where the adult being cared for does not have eligible needs;
- Joint assessments, Appeals and disputes
This course is aimed at people who have a role in care and support planning and the deployment of personal budgets, as well as staff employed by local authorities and other organisations who are responsible for care and support planning and/or the administration and monitoring of personal budgets. The course will also benefit managers of people undertaking care and support planning and budgeting.
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Learning objectives
By the end of this course you will be able to:
- Explain the elements of the personal budget
- Identify elements of care and support that are excluded from the personal budget
- Calculate the personal budget
- Know how to agree the final budget
- Recognise the use of the personal budget
- Understand the use of a carer’s personal budget
- Explain carers’ personal budgets where the adult being cared for does not have eligible needs
- Manage appeals and disputes
Entry requirements
There are no entry requirements.
Course assessment and certification
Upon successful completion with an 80% or higher pass mark, you will be automatically awarded a downloadable certificate containing your name, the course title, and completion date.