Care and Support Charging and Financial Assessment Framework

Contents

• 1. Summary
• 2. Legal context
• 3. Principles of this framework
• 4. Care and support services provided free of charge
• 5. Chargeable care and support services
• 6. Care and support financial assessment policy
  • 6.1 Capital
  • 6.2 How is a financial assessment carried out?
  • 6.3 Deprivation of assets
  • 6.4 Delays to the financial assessment process
  • 6.5 Financial assessment reviews
  • 6.6 Change in circumstance and use of financial information
  • 6.7 Debt recovery
  • 6.8 Debt Management and Relief
  • 6.9 Financial assessment and charging for care home accommodation
  • 6.10 Financial assessment and charging for non-residential care and support
  • 6.11 Annual Review
  • 6.12 How to pay your charges for care and support
• 7. Section 117 and social care packages of care
• 8. Mental capacity to manage finances
• 9. Residence when moving to accommodation outside Bath and North East Somerset Council
• 10. Deferred Payment Agreements (DPAs)
• 11. Interim funding policy
• 12. Choice of accommodation and top up payments
• 13. Funding agreement
• 14. Direct Payments
• 15. Equality Impact Assessment
• 16. Reviewing the Charging and Financial Assessment Framework
• 17. Appeals
• 18. Annex A
• 19. Annex B
• 20. Annex C
• 21. Annex D
• 22. Annex E
• 23. Glossary of terms

6.12 How to pay your charges for care and support

You will be required to pay your assessed weekly charge directly to the Care provider if you are assessed as self-funding. This will be either the Care Home or the agency providing the care and support in other settings.

If the Council pays your assessed weekly charge you will be sent an invoice 4 to 8 weeks in arrears and payment is due immediately. If you make payment by direct debit payment will be made by the 5th of the month following the date of the invoice.