Why Choose the HCD System

• Provides the administration support to enable people to have independence with security in their care at home.

• HomeCareDirect will act as the legal employer of the personal carer/supporters selected by clients.

• Pays personal carer/supporter directly into their bank or building society account after deducting PAYE and N.I.

• Organises training of personal carer/supporters to specifically meet the clients assessed care.

• Makes all the employment, reference and police CRB (Criminal Records Bureau) checks on personal carer/supporters to meet statutory requirements.

• Home visits by the HomeCareDirect case manager to help ensure ongoing good care practice.

• Provides personal carer/supporters with their own individual ID card.

• Gives the option for the client, their family, or someone chosen by the client, to arrange the home care visits, through a secure internet site.

• Provides a back-up carer search, from the HomeCareDirect personal carer register, for an emergency care need situation if a personal carer/ supporter is ill or has failed to arrive.

• Provides reports to Social Services for care funded by the Council via the Direct Payments method.

• Ensures the clients care meets the standards demanded by the Commission for Social Care Inspection.
  
• HomeCareDirect can be used to help bring financial stability to a family, where family members are paid to support someone with very high support needs who live in the same house.