Planning your Support

We can pay you on a four-weekly / quarterly / six monthly / annual basis.

We will provide you with support, advice and information to assist you with managing your Cash Individual Budget. 

We will ask you to open and use a dedicated Bank Account (separate to that of any private funds) to receive your Cash Individual Budget payments. Alternatively if your Individual Budget is being managed by a third party it can be paid directly to them.

We will ask you to keep evidence of all what you spend. This may include till receipts, invoices, copies of staff wage slips, copies of staff timesheets/hours worked. We will ask you to provide this evidence to the Audit Department on a 13-weekly basis to ensure that your Cash Individual Budget has been spent in line with the agreed regulations. 

The City Council will have the power to claw back any funds which have been used to purchase any items or services purchased which are not outlined within the Support Plan. 

If you employ staff, you must take out a public liability insurance policy to the value of £20m and employee liability insurance to the value of £5m. The cost of this should be met from your Cash Individual Budget and outlined within your Support Plan 

If you employ staff, a Criminal Record Bureau (CRB) check must be carried out on any person you are intending to employ. If the prospective employee has a valid CRB check but it is 12-months old or over, we recommend that you complete a new one. Even if you want to employ a close relative, a CRB check should still be carried out. All CRB checks will be paid for by the City Council and you will be advised of the process.