How direct payments are usually assessed, from a social worker's perspective

Demonstration content, written by a contributor who works in adult social care. Assessors are generally looking at what outcomes you want to achieve, not just what tasks you struggle with, so it can help to describe goals as well as difficulties.

Being specific about how you would use a direct payment, such as employing a personal assistant for set hours, tends to make the process quicker.

This is general professional context and does not reflect a specific council's process or guarantee any outcome.