RE: Re: OT direct payments/Steph

[Guest guest]

Hi Steph

I just had meeting with Social Worker

yesterday as I was not happy to be turned down for direct payments last summer.

She agreed that on should

be getting them and has applied on my behalf for 6 hours a week.  I know the reason that

I got turned down was that they had no

money left in the pot!  Let you know if I

definitely get them!

Sally

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Autism Treatment

[mailto:Autism Treatment ] On Behalf Of Jane Hogan

Sent: 31 January 2007 09:26

To:

Autism Treatment

Subject: Re:

Re: OT direct payments

I know five local children (all have

asd) four of them full time school. All these kids get six hours a

week. In fact one of the parents has three with asd and all in school

(she gets 6 hours per week for each child).

You actually get around £9.50 per

hour but need to pay tax and ins yourself.

Jane

OT direct payments

>

>

> We've now officially lost Tom's " befriender " - apparently we

should

> have known that he'd bite her after she'd fed him Pringles. I

> pointed out that we didn't know he'd bite her after she gave him

> Pringles until she'd fed him Pringles. So it was useful information

> for us to have but not something he'd ever done before.

>

> They are offering direct payments but it works out as £7.50 an hour

> net of NI and for only two hours a week. Is this what everyone else

> gets and if others are getting more hours then I'd be really

grateful

> to know.

>

> If they're saying he can't have a befriender because he is so high

> need then surely they need to provide the resources to pay someone

> properly. His befriender was on £13.20 an hour!

>

> thanks chaps

>

> Steph x

>