The following is a list of publications about Direct Payments that you may find useful.
National Centre for Independent Living Publications:
250 Kennington Lane, London. SE11 5RD
Tel: 02075 871663
Website: www.ncil.org.uk
Email:ncil@ncil.org.uk
Everything you need to know about Getting and Using Direct Payments 2003
Black and Minority Ethnic Disabled People and Direct Payments. A conference report 21 November 2001
Direct Payments and Mental Health Service Users/Survivors a guide to some key issues
Making Choices, Taking Control
Direct Payments and Mental Health Service Users/Survivors
The Rough Guide to Managing Personal Assistants (Price £7.00)
Video - A Beginners Guide to Managing Direct Payments (Price £9.00, including postage)
Department of Health Publications:
website: www.doh.gov.uk/directpayments
Tel: 08701 555 455
Email: doh.prolog.uk.com
Direct Payments Guidance. Community Care, Services for carers and Children's Services (Direct Payments) Guidance England 2003
An Easy Guide to Direct Payments
A Parent's Guide to Direct Payments
Framework for the Assessment of Children in Need and Their Families
Scope Publications:
Library and Information Unit: 6 Market Road, London N7 9PW
Tel:020 76197342
Website: www.scope.org.uk
E-mail: information@scope.org.uk
The Good Practice Guide for support workers and personal assistants working with disabled people with communication impairments (ISBN 0946828474)
The Direct Approach - A report on disabled people's experience (ISBN 0946828) Price £13:00
Publications for People with Learning Disabilities:
Values Into Action: Oxford House, Derbyshire Street, London E2 6HG
Tel: 02077295436
Website: www.viauk.org
Email: via@BTinternet.com
Funding Freedom: Direct Payments for People with Learning Difficulties (Price £8.95, plus £1.50 postage)
Able and Willing? Supporting people with Learning Difficulties to use Direct Payments.
Useful discussion of what is meant by "consent" and "capacity" to use a Direct Payment
Who's in control? Decision making by people with learning difficulties who have high support needs (ISBN 0903945606)
"Making Decisions" Best practice and new ideas for supporting people with high support needs to make decisions (ISBN 090393945568)
Trusting Independence: A practical guide to Independent Living Trusts Andrew Holman and Catherine Bewley
FEDS
Tips and advice on using compassdisability.org.uk