Direct Payments Factsheet
A9: Enhance your understanding about Direct Payments
To help you better understand the benefits of direct payments, we’ve created this glossary that explains key terms such as flexibility, choice, and control. These terms are essential to grasping how directs payments can empower you to manage your own support.
Flexibility means:
• You can choose the services and providers that suit your needs.
• You can arrange care and support to fit your schedule and lifestyle.
• You can add extra money to your direct payment to better meet your needs.
• If your needs change, you can adjust the services and support.
Choice means:
• You can choose specific services that best meet your needs.
• You can select the providers or carers you prefer.
• You can decide the type of support and when to receive it.
• You are in control of your care and support decisions.
Control means:
• You can make decisions about your care and support.
• You can manage the funds and decide how to spend them.
• You can tailor the support to fit your lifestyle and preferences.
• If your needs change, you can adjust the services and support.
• You maintain control over your life and make choices that reflect your values and goals.
Receiving direct payments gives you choice, flexibility and control over your care and support. You can pick the services and providers that match your needs, customise the support to fit your lifestyle, and adapt it as your circumstances change. This empowers you to make decisions that reflect your values and goals leading to greater independence and a life that suits you.
