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Service user incentive payments
Published: 03/02/2016
Neil Ayling, Chief Officer Social Services said;
鈥淪ervice user incentive payments will now not be withdrawn from 1 April. This
is to allow more time for consultation with service users, families and other
interested groups and to enable any new processes and positive incentives to
be established before withdrawing the existing system. We do want to develop
our thriving day opportunity service to be even more valued, adopting a system
where peoples contribution is rewarded more appropriately.
鈥淭he current system is not sustainable financially as the funding to support
the allowance was withdrawn some time ago. The allowance is not a wage for work
carried out and many of the clients using the service receive disability
benefits as part of the national welfare system. Most other councils have
already withdrawn the local allowance service users receive and 天涯社区 is
one of the only remaining authorities to continue this payment.