Issue - decisions

Annual uplift of Direct Payment (DP) Rate in Childrens Social care to match the rate in Adult Social Care’s (ASC) basic DP rate

07/06/2023 - Annual uplift of Direct Payment (DP) Rate in Childrens Social care to match the rate in Adult Social Care’s (ASC) basic DP rate

The Director Children and Families agreed to:

• Raising the current single rate of DP in children’s services from £10.50 an hour to the ASC basic rate of DP of £11.30 an hour. ASC have additional rates of £14.07 at a weekend and an additional sleep-in rate. However, some years ago, CSWS adopted a single DP rate to try and simplify support packages for children and their families.

• That as a city with an aim to be a Child Friendly City we need to ensure we are paying the same rate for children’s support, as ASC pay for adults.

• Adopt, as we have in previous years, the ASC basic DP rate for children so that we can fund carers of children with disabilities at the equivalent rate.