Care and Support Charging and Financial Assessment Framework

Contents

• 1. Summary
• 2. Legal context
• 3. Principles of this framework
• 4. Care and support services provided free of charge
• 5. Chargeable care and support services
• 6. Care and support financial assessment policy
• 7. Section 117 and social care packages of care
• 8. Mental capacity to manage finances
• 9. Residence when moving to accommodation outside Bath and North East Somerset Council
• 10. Deferred Payment Agreements (DPAs)
• 11. Interim funding policy
• 12. Choice of accommodation and top up payments
• 13. Funding agreement
• 14. Direct Payments
• 15. Equality Impact Assessment
• 16. Reviewing the Charging and Financial Assessment Framework
• 17. Appeals
• 18. Annex A
• 19. Annex B
• 20. Annex C
• 21. Annex D
• 22. Annex E
• 23. Glossary of terms

17. Appeals

The Council wants to ensure that any charge you are asked to pay is fair and reasonable. Sometimes people using care and support services may experience exceptional circumstances which the Council will consider on an individual basis.

If you disagree with the outcome of your financial assessment or deferred payments/Interim Funding Decision you should contact the Care Finance Officer in the first instance to try and resolve any issues as soon as possible. The Care Finance Officer will go through the information with you and check the assessment / decision has considered all of the relevant information in line with the Charging and Financial Assessment rules.

If you are still dissatisfied with the outcome the Care Finance Officer will advise you how you can lodge an appeal with the Team leader for Care Finance.

If you disagree with your financial assessment you should contact the Care Finance Officer in the first instance to try and resolve any issues as soon as possible. We will go through the information to check that the assessment is correct and that the calculation or decisions have considered all your relevant information in line with the policy.

If you still do not agree with the Councils decision you can make a formal complaint to the Complaints and Data Protection Team Manager by emailing complaints_cypandadults@bathnes.gov.uk

You can read more about our complaints procedure on our Complaints pages

If you are not satisfied with the decision made by the Councils complaints team you can refer the matter to the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman