- Living Choices: Direct Payments & Independent Living Courses

LCiL offer 3 courses to meet different training requirements. They are each made up of a series of linked sessions, covering a range of relevant topics, which equip participants with the information and skills to make choices about Independent Living.

These are as follows:

Living Choices:

Direct Payments and Independent Living for Disabled People

The aim of the course is to:

  • Offer practical advice and useful information on Direct Payments and Independent Living issues which will enable participants to have a realistic idea of what is involved in managing their own support package
  • Ensure that participants are aware of the methods of support available to them when accessing Direct Payments

Please Note: Each session can be run as a course in its own right, but we encourage people to attend all sessions in order to gain as much information as possible.

Independent Living & Direct Payments for Disabled People consists of the following sessions

  • Equality Matters
  • The Needs of Independence
  • Getting the Right Assessment (an introduction to funding for Independent Living)
  • Turning Assessment into Practice
  • Recruitment
  • Becoming an Employer

This course would suit Disabled People interested in exploring what their Independent Living options are.

Making Living Choices

Independent Living & Direct Payments for People with Learning Difficulties

The course runs over 6 sessions. It has been put together to help people with learning difficulties think about Independent Living and the choices they have. (Remember - Independent Living does not always mean moving away from home.)

The course aims to help people:

  • Find out what Direct Payments are and how they can be used
  • Think about the options and what's right for them
  • Find out what they would need to do to be able to use Direct Payments

Making Living Choices looks at the following topics:

Getting it started:

  • Making decisions/Speaking out for yourself
  • What are Direct Payments?

Getting it sorted:

  • Self assessment, what is it?
  • Show me the Money!

Getting it straight:

  • Thinking of getting a PA
  • Thinking about being a Boss

This course would suit People with Learning Difficulties who would like to think about the choices they have and how having a Direct Payment could help.

Living Choices:

Supporting Independence

Direct Payments for parents, carers guardians etc

This course is made up of a series of sessions, covering a range of relevant topics, which will enable people who are supporting disabled people or children to manage a Direct Payment on their behalf.

The aim of the course is to:

  • Offer practical information and advice to people who would be managing a Direct Payment on someone else's behalf, as well as exploring their role within this
  • Ensure people managing the Direct Payment are aware of the support system they can access

Supporting Independence covers the following topics:

  • Equality Matters and the Needs of Independence
  • Getting the Right Assessment
  • Turning Assessment into Practice
  • Recruitment
  • Becoming an Employer
  • Risk and Advocacy Matters

This course would suit people who want to find out more about Direct Payments and what's involved in managing them on someone else's behalf.