Community care

Income includes:

• State Benefits.
  Retirement pension, Income Support, Job Seekers Allowance, Disability Benefits, Pension Credit - Guarantee.
• Pensions.
  Occupational and private pensions.
• Income from savings over £13,500 ( this figure is reviewed annually).
  This is called ‘Tariff Income’ and is £1 for every £250 over £13,500.
• Any other income.

Income does not include:

• Earnings.
• Mobility Allowance or Disability Living Allowance.
• War Disablement Pension.
• War Widows Pension.
• Night Rate Disability Living Allowance (unless you receive our services at night).
• Pension Credit - Savings

Personal allowance:

This is worked out by adding together your

• Basic Income Support Allowance excluding Severe Disability Premium
• Age Related Premium,
• Disability Premium,
• other Premiums,

and then adding 25% of this total.

Expenses include:

• Your housing costs, mortgage or rent payment, less any Housing Benefit
• An allowance for building maintenance costs if you are an owner occupier
• Costs related to your disability within our guidelines as ‘reasonable’.
  Such as:
  Private Care Services; Laundry; Special diets;
  Clothing and footwear; Bedding; Heating;
  Gardening; Equipment; Transport; Holidays;
  Prescriptions; Communications;
  Personal Assistance.

25% deduction:

Calderdale Council Social Services has decided to take account of 75% of what is left when your Personal Allowance and Expenses are deducted from your Income.

Assessed Income:

If your Assessed Income is nothing, or a minus figure, you will not have to pay these charges.

If your Assessed Income is less than the Subsidised Cost of your services and less than the Maximum Charge, your Assessed Income figure will be the charge you pay.

Actual cost of services

Home Care £11.13 to £17.34 per hour
Day Care / Day Support £25.59 to £47.58 per day
Adult Placement £18.72 to £29.51 per day
Day Sitting £10.42 per hour
Night Sitting - Waking £72.06 per night
Night Sitting - Sleeping £36.00 per night

Subsidised cost of services

Home Care £8.14 per hour
Day Care / Day Support £9.98 per day, £4.99 per half-day
Adult Placement £9.98 per day, £4.99 per half-day (excluding meals)
Day Sitting £7.48 per hour
Night Sitting - Waking £37.42 per night
Night Sitting - Sleeping £18.72 per night
Transport £2.27 per return trip if not included in service cost.

Subsidised Cost:

The subsidised cost of your package of care is the total of the unit cost of each service multiplied by the number of time units you receive each service.

If you receive a Supporting People Service the charge for this is included in the Subsidised Cost.

If the Subsidised Cost is less than your Assessed Income and less than the Maximum Charge you will pay the Subsidised Cost.

Maximum Charge:

No matter how much care a service user needs they will not have to pay more than £104.00.