Full Financial Assessment for Fairer Charging

We will help you complete the full Fairer Charging assessment, which provides all the information we need. The person who will help you is likely to be either the worker who arranges your Home Care or Supportive Living service or a Visiting Assessment Officer.

Visiting Assessment Officers complete the assessment on computer and other staff will complete a form. You will be contacted in advance to arrange a convenient time to visit. The worker who arranges your Home Care or Supportive Living service will tell you more about this.

When completing the assessment we will ask a number of questions about income, benefits, and savings and also about costs you may have as a result of your disability.

It would be extremely helpful to us if you could have the information needed to complete the form ready when we visit.

The information we need includes:

When we visit you to complete your Fairer Charging form, we will also offer to check that you are claiming your full benefit entitlement. (see Welfare Rights) Many people who get Home Care are not receiving the correct rates of benefit and, in some cases; it is possible to claim additional benefits such as Attendance Allowance, Pension Credit, Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit which can increase your weekly income. Leicestershire County Council is committed to ensuring that everyone who uses the Home Care Service is claiming their full benefit entitlement which will enable them to pay for their essential bills and services, including their Home Care bill. We do this by working in partnership with the Pensions Service and other agencies. Assistance with benefit claims will be provided by either a Visiting Assessment Officer, or, if your benefits situation is complex, by a Community Care Benefits Advisor or the Pensions Service.