What is a Personal Budget? How do I request a Personal How does the Personal Budget Budget? work? It is an amount of money to deliver all or part of the provision set out in an A parent or the young person There are four ways that a parent child’s Education, Health and Care plan (EHC has a right to request a Personal or young person can be involved plan). Budget after the local authority has in securing provision. completed an EHC needs assessment Who is if for? Direct payments and agreed that an EHC plan will be –individuals receive cash to contract, prepared. It is to support children and young purchase and manage people who have an EHC plan with A Personal Budget could be attached to services themselves. outcomes linked to a personal budget. some or all of the provision detailed in An arrangement the local – the Health, Social Care or Education A Personal Budget is optional. authority, school or college sections of the EHC plan. Special A parent or young person can request a holds the funds and arranges educational provision must be in Personal Budget if they want to be the support specified in the agreement with the early years involved in securing the provision plan. provider, school or college. written in the EHC plan. Third party arrangements- If you do not request a Personal funds are paid to and This could be to buy a specific piece of Budget at the start of an EHC plan managed by an individual or equipment, or to hire a personal you can still request one at a later organisation on behalf of the assistant to support the child or young date, when a statutory review of the person. parents or the young child’s EHC plan takes place. person. You will still receive support linked to A combination of the above. outcomes if you do not request a Personal Budget.
What is a Personal Budget? It is an amount of money to deliver all or part of the provision set out in an Education, Health and Care plan (EHC plan). Who is if for? It is to support children and young people who have an EHC plan with outcomes linked to a personal budget. A Personal Budget is optional. A parent or young person can request a Personal Budget if they want to be involved in securing the provision written in the EHC plan. This could be to buy a specific piece of equipment, or to hire a personal assistant to support the child or young person. You will still receive support linked to outcomes if you do not request a Personal Budget. How do I request a Personal Budget? A child’s parent or the young person has a right to request a Personal Budget after the local authority has completed an EHC needs assessment and agreed that an EHC plan will be prepared. A Personal Budget could be attached to some or all of the provision detailed in the Health, Social Care or Education sections of the EHC plan. Special educational provision must be in agreement with the early years provider, school or college. If you do not request a Personal Budget at the start of an EHC plan you can still request one at a later date, when a statutory review of the EHC plan takes place. How does the Personal Budget work? There are four ways that a parent or young person can be involved in securing provision. Direct payments –individuals receive cash to contract, purchase and manage services themselves. An arrangement – the local authority, school or college holds the funds and arranges the support specified in the plan. Third party arrangements- funds are paid to and managed by an individual or organisation on behalf of the child’s parents or the young person. A combination of the above.