Personal Budgets & Employing Personal Assistants is a peer educator-led session for parents/carers who may want to support their autistic child in accessing personal budgets. 

Some families may be eligible for a personal budget. This is money your local authority will pay towards any social care and support you may need for autistic family members. This workshop offers an introduction to personal budgets and how to access them. It also explains how families can hire a personal assistant (PA) for their autistic loved ones, who can offer support in areas such as personal and health care, transport, social activities, work or education. 

We will walk you through the process of accessing a personal budget for both children and adults and the issues and responsibilities you need to consider when becoming an employer. 

Great Minds Together is holding this online session for Parent and Carers of autistic children, young people and adults on the diagnostic pathway living in the North West of England (however, no diagnosis is needed). 

Our Drop-In is free to attend and is held virtually online. 

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