Our services
PIP & DLA SUPPORT
What Is PIP and DLA?
A Personal Independence Payment (PIP) can help you with some of the extra costs if you have long term ill-health or a disability. To qualify you must have a health condition or disability causing difficulties with your daily living or mobility for at least 3 months and these difficulties expected to last for more than 9 months.
Disability Living Allowance (DLA) is a payment for children who are under 16 to help with extra costs of looking after them or managing mobility difficulties. To qualify the child must have a disability or health condition which results in the child having extra caring needs more than a child of similar age or they have difficulties getting about.
There are a number of organisations that provide information about benefits and as a matter of routine, we direct clients to these organisations. However, in some cases we are able to support with some applications.
What We Can Do
We are able to provide support to clients accessing or seeking to access to PIP, DLA and Direct Payment support. We can support clients and their families by:
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Support with filling forms and drafting of letters and making applications
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Assistance with supporting clients attend interviews and assessments
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Taking notes during meetings
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Providing general advice and support throughout the application process
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Providing moral support
Our consultant and support workers cannot:
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Take responsibility for the conduct of the application process
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Act as general agents for applicants who are responsible for the veracity of all information provided to public bodies during applications
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Give benefit advice
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Make or influence clients decisions about the how the application should proceed