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Direct Payment Support Services

Reference ocds-b5fd17-af647e3e-8612-4fdc-ab24-29fff87959fe · Westmorland and Furness Council

Closed. Submission deadline: 20 January 2025. Estimated value: £132,000.

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Amounts and figures

£132,000
Estimated value

Description

Section 17A of the Children's Act 1989, inserted by the Health and Social Care Act 2001, gave councils a duty to offer Direct Payments for children's services. In making Direct Payments under section 17A of the 1989 Act, councils are subject to the general duty provided by Part 3 of that Act to safeguard and promote the welfare of children in need, and to promote their upbringing by their families when making these payments, in exactly the same way as when providing direct services. The power to make Direct Payments to people with parental responsibility for disabled children and to disabled 16 and 17-year-olds was created by the Carers and Disabled Children Act 2000. If the Local Authority assesses a child or young person requires support to meet identified needs, these needs will be identified on a plan along with an identification of the services that can meet these needs. If families do not want to use services directly provided or commissioned by the Authority, they have the option of receiving the support by Direct Payments instead. A Direct Payment affords a family the flexibility to look beyond 'off-the-peg' service solutions provided by the Authority and choose from a r…

Official publications

MediumReferenceDate
FTS d61c5c50-50cc-465a-8fa8-24ffbc7b61fe-810988 16 December 2024
Contracts Finder d61c5c50-50cc-465a-8fa8-24ffbc7b61fe-810988 16 December 2024

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