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Contracting with a self-employed PA?
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|
17
|
1473
|
2 May 2024
|
|
Option one and Respite funding
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|
17
|
810
|
21 September 2021
|
|
Children, Young People, GIRFEC and SDS
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|
18
|
1017
|
12 November 2024
|
|
How Many Short Breaks
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|
9
|
622
|
12 November 2025
|
|
Can an LA force direct payment budget holders to use a managed account?
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25
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662
|
6 March 2025
|
|
Ask permission before, or check up afterwards?
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|
38
|
537
|
3 May 2024
|
|
Using Appropriate Circumstances Agreements to employ POAs as PAs
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17
|
729
|
27 May 2023
|
|
Guardianship and PA role
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14
|
743
|
15 September 2023
|
|
Sds budget direct payment
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53
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331
|
26 June 2025
|
|
Restaurant visit
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|
11
|
689
|
20 July 2022
|
|
Carer budget care plan outcome issues
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|
15
|
163
|
18 December 2024
|
|
How much or how long?
|
|
13
|
513
|
17 May 2024
|
|
Smoking in a PAs Workplace
|
|
10
|
347
|
10 December 2023
|
|
Budget recovery
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|
13
|
300
|
3 February 2025
|
|
POP created without our knowledge
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|
12
|
285
|
4 July 2024
|
|
SDS experience and advice?
|
|
32
|
157
|
7 July 2025
|
|
Does option 1 mean different things depending on what you are using it for?
|
|
11
|
256
|
7 May 2024
|
|
Do you have to sign a contract for SDS Option 1?
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|
25
|
145
|
7 January 2025
|
|
SDS Standard Standard 13 on Direct Payments
|
|
16
|
176
|
3 June 2025
|
|
Midlothian Council agreement for Option 1 SDS
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|
17
|
158
|
2 September 2024
|
|
Using an SDS Budget to pay for Community Brokerage Support
|
|
10
|
179
|
21 February 2025
|
|
Paying PAs more than the minimum wage
|
|
12
|
73
|
6 November 2025
|
|
Reassessment or Review? Legislation / guidance
|
|
18
|
59
|
29 July 2025
|
|
Eastren council cutting outcomes
|
|
11
|
69
|
30 January 2025
|
|
Working Together for Change - now open
|
|
0
|
293
|
3 August 2022
|
|
Thinking about applying for the Community Brokerage Award?
|
|
3
|
475
|
29 February 2024
|
|
PA Employer and PA Handbooks: new online resources for everyone
|
|
2
|
854
|
15 August 2022
|
|
The Future of Social Care and Support in Scotland Report
|
|
0
|
461
|
12 March 2021
|
|
How do Co-ordinated Support Plans relate to SDS and the assessment for it?
|
|
2
|
545
|
30 March 2021
|
|
End of Life who is responsible for PA redundancy?
|
|
1
|
528
|
18 March 2021
|
|
Upcoming changes to the PVG scheme: for PA employers
|
|
0
|
125
|
8 October 2024
|
|
Timescales for Assessments for Social Care
|
|
0
|
642
|
18 February 2021
|
|
Landlord registration for family members?
|
|
8
|
1139
|
27 June 2024
|
|
Queries on usage of child's budget
|
|
4
|
271
|
6 February 2024
|
|
Ideas for Annual PA Survey 2023
|
|
1
|
405
|
12 January 2023
|
|
Part time study
|
|
0
|
525
|
16 December 2021
|
|
Personal Assistant Employers
|
|
7
|
524
|
12 March 2024
|
|
Self-directed support: ten years on
|
|
0
|
453
|
17 May 2021
|
|
Training for Social care workers
|
|
0
|
438
|
15 November 2021
|
|
SDS re Residential Packages
|
|
2
|
773
|
4 November 2021
|
|
Personal Assistant Employers under Option 1 of SDS (direct payments)
|
|
0
|
414
|
15 July 2022
|
|
Is there a course directed towards relatives of people in receipt of social care?
|
|
0
|
406
|
29 June 2022
|
|
Barriers to Autism and SDS
|
|
6
|
472
|
14 May 2024
|
|
Personal Assistant recruitment in crisis
|
|
3
|
587
|
2 June 2022
|
|
PA Employer Peer Support Event
|
|
0
|
364
|
1 December 2021
|
|
Getting involved in the forum
|
|
1
|
1401
|
5 January 2021
|
|
What are the pros and cons of Direct Payments for personal care?
|
|
3
|
544
|
25 July 2023
|
|
Ideas for Annual PA Survey Analysis
|
|
4
|
774
|
10 June 2022
|
|
Sds budget inquiry
|
|
1
|
665
|
8 December 2021
|
|
LA won’t pay full PA mileage
|
|
5
|
664
|
28 February 2022
|