Direct Payment Update

Shropshire Council sent this bulletin at 24-06-2022 02:38 PM BST

Adult Direct Payments Summer Update

Direct Payment rate increases

From the 1^st April 2022 Shropshire are increasing the personal assistant hourly rate. All increases should be applied retrospectively to the 1^st April in the 21^st June payment.

Employed PAs will earn a standard hourly rate of £10.20 and £11.94 for self-employed PAs.

Please check this month’s payment that there is an increase included. If not, please contact your social worker, social work team or First Point of Contact 03456789044.

If you would like to receive an email providing details of your payment alongside the payment you can request this from purchase-ledger@shropshire.gov.uk

Contributions

Most people will need to contribute to their direct payment. Family carers are not asked to contribute. The amount of contribution is based on everyone’s own financial circumstances.

Contributions have recently been re-assessed due to the annual increase in pensions, allowances, and credits and if there is a change to your contribution you should have been contacted by the financial assessment team. Please check whether you have received a letter and make the necessary changes to your payments.

If you're unsure or struggling with an increase in cost you can contact the Financial Assessments team on 01743 258922, option 1.

Coming soon…

A Shropshire website to help with recruitment of Personal Assistants (PAs) is currently under construction.

If you are looking to employ a PA, you will be able to register to view PA profile information and place adverts detailing what you are looking for to encourage applicants to apply.

PAs who are looking for work will also be able to register and share their information. It will be free to register for employers and PAs

We are working to get it up and running later this summer.

Essentials for employers

Your feedback says that there needs to be more help to be an employer. We are responding to this by creating 4 short animation videos that will explain some employer responsibilities.

We are currently making one about DBS checks and will make 3 more animation videos this year.

What else would you like to see?

If you would like to be involved in developing the videos let us know at direct.payments@shropshire.gov.uk.

For all our latest updates go to our news webpage, and for general information on direct payments go to our homepage.

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