Strategic planning

  • Gloucestershire Direct Payments Strategy
    The Gloucestershire Community & Adult Care directorate's aim is that people using Direct Payments will form the largest proportion of adults supported to live at home, across all client groups by...
  • Direct payments action plan - Essex
    This Action Plan has been compiled to address the recommendations identified in the Direct Payments Cross-cutting Research document compiled by the Essex Social Care Research in May 2006 as areas for...
  • Direct payments regional review - East Midlands ADSS
    This report is a response to the East Midlands Association of Directors of Social Services request to gather regional issues and practice around Direct Payments. It seeks to inform best practice across...
  • Younger Adults with a Disability: their views of Derbyshire social services
    A survey conducted by PSSRU in 2007 asked people aged between 18 to 64 years with a physical disability, or sensory impairment to comment on the services they receive including direct payments. This report...
  • Leadership - dedicated direct payment workers
    These case studies are taken directly from local authorities. They illustrate how dedicated direct payment workers can help to increase the uptake of direct payments in groups that have traditionally...