If the person lacks capacity to give consent to a financial assessment and the person does not have any of those individuals mentioned in paragraph 6.2 above, the appointment of a Property and Affairs Deputyship may be required. A family member could apply for this to the Court of Protection. In the absence of any family members Barnet Council can make the application. Financial Assessment Process The financial assessment calculating a contribution towards their person’s Personal Budget for care and support will be in accordance with the Care and Support Statutory Guidance (CASSG). A contribution towards their person’s Personal Budget will be 100% of their notified maximum assessed contribution, up to the value of their Personal Budget. Those that have savings in excess of the upper capital limit as explained in paragraph 24 of Annex B of CASSG (£23,250 in 2015/16), will pay the full cost of any care services they receive. Where someone receives their Personal Budget as a Direct Payment, this will be paid net of the contribution. person’s For Personal Budgets a person will be eligible for a refund of contributions if the care received over the 12 weeks has a lower value than the person’s contribution. Refunds will be calculated and paid in arrears 4 weeks after the 12 week period. An exception to this will be made in cases where an assessed contribution is the same or greater than the costs of individual’s services provided. In these cases reconciliation will be undertaken every 4 weeks within 4 weeks at the end of this period. Contributions will be assessed against the value of a Personal Budget or the value of care services purchased by Barnet Council on behalf of the adult. Contributions will not be collected where services are not received for the whole of a week. In these cases reasonable advanced notification of cancellation needs to be given either by the person receiving care or their representative. Contributions will not be collected where there has been unavoidable cancellation of care e.g. through hospitalisation and this results in care not being delivered for at least a week. If a person does not pay within the period specified on the bill, the Council will seek to recover the debt following its debt recovery procedures.
If the person lacks capacity to give consent to a financial assessment and the person does not have any of those individuals mentioned in paragraph 6.2 above, the appointment of a Property and Affairs Deputyship may be required. A family member could apply for this to the Court of Protection. In the absence of any family members Barnet Council can make the application. Financial Assessment Process The financial assessment calculating a person’s contribution towards their Personal Budget for care and support will be in accordance with the Care and Support Statutory Guidance (CASSG). A person’s contribution towards their Personal Budget will be 100% of their notified maximum assessed contribution, up to the value of their Personal Budget. Those that have savings in excess of the upper capital limit as explained in paragraph 24 of Annex B of CASSG (£23,250 in 2015/16), will pay the full cost of any care services they receive. Where someone receives their Personal Budget as a Direct Payment, this will be paid net of the person’s contribution. For Personal Budgets a person will be eligible for a refund of contributions if the care received over the 12 weeks has a lower value than the person’s contribution. Refunds will be calculated and paid in arrears 4 weeks after the 12 week period. An exception to this will be made in cases where an individual’s assessed contribution is the same or greater than the costs of services provided. In these cases reconciliation will be undertaken every 4 weeks within 4 weeks at the end of this period. Contributions will be assessed against the value of a Personal Budget or the value of care services purchased by Barnet Council on behalf of the adult. Contributions will not be collected where services are not received for the whole of a week. In these cases reasonable advanced notification of cancellation needs to be given either by the person receiving care or their representative. Contributions will not be collected where there has been unavoidable cancellation of care e.g. through hospitalisation and this results in care not being delivered for at least a week. If a person does not pay within the period specified on the bill, the Council will seek to recover the debt following its debt recovery procedures.