Direct Payments

Darlington Learning Disability Service provides support to people with learning disabilities to help them get what they want from life.

How do Darlington Learning Disability Service do this?

Provide information and advice about services available

Works with you to find out what you want to do with your life and to make sure that you get the support and services you need to do this.

Provide support to help you make a person centered plan

Work with you to make sure the plan keeps working in the way that you want it to.

Direct Payments

Direct Payments give people more freedom to choose how they want to have the support they need provided and who they want to provide it.

A direct payment is money that Darlington Learning Disability Service can give you instead of services.

You can use the money to buy the support you need.

For more information on Direct Payments ask………

Direct Payments Support Service
Enterprise House
Valley Street North
Darlington
DL1 1GY
Telephone 01325 360524

Or contact:
Darlington Learning Disability Services
Upperthorpe
90 Woodland Road
Darlington
DL3 7JY
Telephone 01325 555940