Health and social work services

Tender description

The Council wishes to establish a framework agreement for the provision of direct payment support services to provide a range of support to Birmingham citizens using direct payments, such as: • ongoing advice and support • advising citizens of client contributions • personal care assistant recruitment • managed accounts – managing citizen’s direct payment where they are unable to do so • payroll and HMRC services • arranging carer and personal assistant insurance • arrange DBS checks. The service will be provided to citizens assessed as being eligible for social care services who choose to take all or part of their personal budget as a direct payment, and for citizens who require support to manage direct payments. To provide a range of support to Birmingham citizens using direct payments, such as: • ongoing advice and support • advising citizens of client contributions • personal care assistant recruitment. To provide a range of support to Birmingham citizens using direct payments, such as: • managed accounts – managing citizen’s direct payment where they are unable to do so • payroll and HMRC services • arranging carer and personal assistant insurance • arrange DBS checks.