Day Care Funding

The cost of your attendance at Peaceful Place can be paid privately or by Social Services or a combination of the two.

Direct Payments

They can also be paid from Direct Payments. Direct Payments are local council payments for people who have been assessed as needing help from social services but who would rather arrange and pay for their own care and support services as opposed to receiving them from the local council.

Eligibility for Direct Payments

If you already receive social services 
Your local council must offer you the option of direct payments in place of the services you currently receive. There are some limited circumstances where you are not given the choice. Your council will be able to tell you about these.

If you are not receiving social services
To get direct payments, you need to contact your local council to ask them to assess your needs. Social services - and therefore direct payments - are normally available if you are:

• disabled or restricted in some way
• a carer, including people with parental responsibility for a disabled child
• an older person

Contact Numbers

Social Services can be contacted by telephoning:

Essex Social Services            :0845 603 7630
Southend Social Services      :01702 352641