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Your March 2019 Direct Payment e-newsletter

In this issue we let you know all about: - a survey on care quality commissioned by the CQC, - proposed changes to assessments for disability benefits - a new website that lets you know all about your rights, and - what we're doing to battle loneliness and social isolation.
Personal Assistant DP3024

Location: Bognor Regis (candidate ideally local to customer) Hourly rate: £8.21 per hour + mileage allowances for appointments Reference: DP3024 Hours/shifts: 17 hours per week minimum. Must be flexible. Generally 2 hours per day. Monday – Friday more than 1 visit per day. Other ad-hoc hours available as required and mutually agreed with employer/employee.
Jack Elsdon

Fighting loneliness.
Personal Care Assistant DP68

Location: Worthing Hourly rate: £9.83 per hour depending on experience Reference: DP68 Hours/shifts: Monday 2 pm – 6 pm Friday 11 am – 2 pm Holiday cover for overnights and weekends

Independent Lives wins Direct Payment Support contract!

Celebrating our eighteenth year of being commissioned by West Sussex County Council to support residents with their Direct Payments.
Get Yourself Active

Independent Lives, in partnership with Disability Rights UK, is launching the Get Yourself Active project in West Sussex!
BSL signed guide to Direct Payments

Find out how managing your own personal budget through a Direct Payment can support your independence.