Workshops for Personal Budget / Social Care recipients in Kensington and Chelsea.

Workshops for Personal Budget / Social Care recipients in Kensington and Chelsea.

The PB Team is considering running a series of Personal Budget / Social Care related workshops.  Whether you receive a social care service from RBKC (in the form of Personal Budget, care in your home and/or a day service) or you pay for care / assistance from your own money – you might be interested in attending some/all of the following workshops.

Below are examples of workshops that people attending our PB User groups and PB Surgery have expressed an interest in.

General- for anyone receiving (or in the process of receiving) a care package from RBKC:

·        Your rights to Community Care;

·        How to make the most of your care needs assessment;

·        Preparing for financial assessment / Identifying your Disability Related Expenditure;

·        What is a Personal Budget anyway? (Pros & Cons, and how to use it);

·        Getting the best from your Personal Budget –Support Planning and creating a budget.

For people who use their Personal Budget, or own money, to employ someone to assist /support them:

·        Advertising for and recruiting a Personal Assistant (non-agency care worker);

·        Employing someone – their rights, your responsibilities;

·        Record keeping / Administration for PB users;

·        How to do your own payroll;

We don’t have dates yet as we need to gauge people’s interest first. If you are interested in attending any of the above and/or if you have a suggestion for a different PB / social care workshop, please contact the PB Team - Jenny (pbsupport@adkc.org.uk) or Martha (pbadmin@adkc.org.uk) / 020 8960 8888. Once dates are finalised we will keep you informed.