Lancashire Independent Living Service (LILS) is a Consortium of 2 disabled people’s organisations (run and controlled by disabled people), Disability Equality North West (DENW) and Disability Positive (formerly Cheshire Centre for Independent Living (CCIL) LILS offers Direct Payment information, advice & payroll support to local people who are in receipt of a Direct Payment from Lancashire County Council.
Lancashire Independent Living Service
How does it work?
Information, advice and support
Our team of Independent Living Advisers (ILA’s) are on hand to provide Direct Payment information, support and advice. We aim to provide a friendly and professional service that is independent and impartial. Promoting through knowledge and support, service user empowerment and independence in the management of a Direct Payment.
We advise users on the options open to them and support them through to independence in the set up and ongoing management of their budget, to enable disabled people to use their budget to meet their assessed care needs.
Providing support and advice on issues relating to the engagement of personal assistants including recruitment advertising, job descriptions and person specifications, interviewing, contracts of employment, employer’s liability insurance and payroll.
Payroll support
We provide a comprehensive payroll service to people throughout Lancashire taking a Direct Payment to employ their own support staff. Our Payroll Service is for disabled people who employ their own support staff. You will be allocated a named person (a Payroll Clerk) who will manage your payroll account. Your Payroll Clerk will process payslips on a monthly or four weekly basis and make sure that tax and national insurance is calculated correctly. Payroll will also make sure that you are meeting your statutory employer responsibilities such as calculating sick pay, maternity pay, workplace pensions, providing P60s and P45s and sending all the necessary paperwork to HMRC.
Popular questions
What is a Direct Payment?
Direct Payments are cash payments made into a prepaid card account, supported banking account or designated bank account by a Local Authority or the NHS to eligible people. These are a way of you meeting your own support needs instead of the Local Authority or the NHS providing services to you.
How can I get Direct Payments?
You need to have an assessment carried out by a Local Authority social worker or an NHS continuing health care nurse. The assessment will show whether you are eligible for a Direct Payment and what you can use it for.
What can I spend my Direct Payments on?
Direct Payments can be spent on a range of services to meet your eligible social care needs, these will have been discussed at your assessment and will be detailed in your support plan.
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