Full range of services
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Services for those on self-directed support (SDS)
Advice, information and support to disabled people who receive money to provide for their own assessed care needs under West Sussex County Council’s SDS schemes, including Direct Payments (DPs). More information about Direct Payments (alt.d)
Advocacy For Independence (AFI)
Advocacy to all disabled people and carers on matters related to independent living. The service employs management staff and uses fully-trained paid and independent volunteer advocates to help people have their voices heard. More information about the advocacy service (alt.v)
Independent Payroll Service (IPS)
A professional payroll and tax service to people employing their own care support staff. More information about the payroll service (alt.p)
Independent Administration Service
Additional assistance to people who would otherwise find it difficult to deal with the administration required to receive and manage their own social services money. More information about the administration service (alt.m)
PA recruitment
Helping SDS clients to advertise for and recruit their personal assistants. Although the ILA is not a staffing agency and therefore cannot offer a recruitment service directly, we provide extensive help to enable people to do their own recruiting effectively and safely. List of currently advertised PA vacancies (alt.j)
Encouraging involvement and ensuring consultation with disabled people, carers and stakeholders over a wide range of service and policy issues.
Independent Living Training
Training to stakeholder organisations on the benefits of self-directed support and how it works in practice.
Carers and SDS
A dedicated member of the team is responsible for promoting self-directed support to carers and making sure that the views of carers and their organisations are heard.
Mental Health Services and SDS
The Sussex Partnership NHS Trust funds a dedicated ILA team member to promote DPs and other forms of SDS to people eligible for mental health services.
CRB Checks
The ILA is a fully registered umbrella organisation for carrying out CRB checks. It means we can arrange these important checks on potential employment recruits for individual clients or for other organisations.
Research Projects
The ILA, often in conjunction with other organisations such as West Sussex County Council, undertakes research into initiatives designed to facilitate independent living and to explore new service models.
Support Groups
The ILA is setting up support groups throughout West Sussex. This follows successful pilot programmes bringing clients together to discuss key matters and provide peer support.
Independent Living Fund (ILF) support
The ILA has developed appropriate information and training so that more disabled people can gain access to funding from the ILF towards meeting their care needs. We are continuing to develop this work to provide support in this area.
The ILA’s annual conference, which deals with current issues relating to the independent living and disability movement, forms the basis for campaigning activities. Click on the conference button (top left of this page) for more information. Following a decision to expand the ILA's AGM in September into a client and professional feedback opportunity plus a showcase of services, it has been decided to move the next conference to Spring 2009. It will have a theme relating to the government's personalisation agenda for social care.
A range of information material is produced and maintained by the ILA, including this website and a widely-distributed quarterly newsletter (see the newsletters link at the top left of this page).