Planning your support

If you need more support and this is likely to be for a long time, we will ask you to fill in a self-assessment questionnaire. We will help you with this. We will also ask you to think about: • Changes you want to make to your life. • The goals you want to achieve. • What support will help you.

We will ask you to record these as your support plan.

Self-assessment questionnaire: A form which asks you about everyday tasks such as cooking, eating and washing. You tell us how much you can do for yourself and how much support you need for some tasks.

Support plan: A record of what you want to achieve, what support you need and when and how you want it.

We will tell you how much money you may be entitled to, based on your self-assessment questionnaire and your support plan. This is called your personal budget.

Personal budget: The amount of money that the support you need will cost you