Are you interested in managing your own money? Do you think you can get a better deal finding the services you need?
Then maybe Self Directed Support is for you.
Self Directed Support is a new way to give social care to people who need it. Everybody who qualifies for support from Adult and Community Services will be given ‘an Individual Budget’. We tell you how much money you should get and you choose how and when to spend it on things you want to support your needs.
Once Adult and Community Services have agreed the Support Plan (which shows us how your Individual Budget will be spent) you can take the Individual Budget money either as:
Find out how the Self Directed Support scheme works here
(pdf, 107KB).
You can also visit the In Control website and the Support planning and review website.
For further information or to ask us for an assessment, fact sheet in Braille, large print, audiotape or another language please contact us:
People with Learning Disabilities
6 Floor, Regal House
70 London Road
Twickenham
TW1 3QB
Telephone: 020 8487 5394
Fax: 020 8487 5402
